Directions Mariposa Academy used to be located in a small house on Rampart Street in Oakland (corner of Lincoln Ave.). It turned out that many more people wanted tutoring than classes and the house was underutilized. So from now on the tutoring or classes will be held in a mutually convenient location. Cost of Classes and Tutoring For classes, we charge $20/hour per student. Typically, classes have 2 or 3 students at about the same proficiency level. At this point, classes are not scheduled for particular times, and no classes are in session. If you have two or more students who would like to have a class at a particular time, please call and that can usually be accommodated. For tutoring (i.e., one-on-one instruction), we charge $40/hour. Recommended Reading and Listening If you want to learn (and you do, which is why you are visiting our website!), it will be fun and you will absorb just about anything. But there are more and less efficient ways to learn. For children, picture books in Spanish work well. For adults, contemporary magazines in Spanish usually hold their interest (though there are only so many articles you can read about J-Lo's latest thing). For a list of recommended reading, listening and watching, go to Materials. Tizoc  Tizoc is a Xoloitzcuintli (cholo-eats-queen-tlee), otherwise known as a "Mexican Hairless", or they are sometimes known as "Cholos." The guy has no hair. Among other things, this means that in the summer he needs sunblock and in the winter he needs a little coat. He has several with his name embroidered on them. He is actually not too happy wearing his coats, except the black one with silver letters, which makes him feel like an Oakland Raider. Tizoc is lightning fast, and strong. He can outrun dogs twice as big as him. He likes to provoke other dogs to play by barking at them, approaching, and running away. But when a big dog chases him, it's time to turn tail and run as fast as possible. To see a larger image, click on the thumbnail below. Of course, we mean "larger" in a relative sense.       
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