Linda is an amazing French tutor. She's great at correcting your accent and teaching proper…read morearticulation. I'd continue course with her if it wasn't as far of a commute. I highly recommend her!

From the owner: I have been teaching French for the past 30 years .[Masters in Education]from the Sorbonne in…read more Paris . Private, small group classes, and to large enterprises. All levels , beginner, intermediate and advanced are covered. the emphasis is on speaking and accent . I also takes groups to the south of France twice a year to Provence.

I don't often leave bad reviews for businesses, but when the behavior of a preschool director /…read moreowner is this egregious, I feel compelled to share my experience. TL;DR - Lack of communication, unprofessional behavior, petty conduct, limited to the school's director Adam. Teachers are great. Long form: We brought our daughter to Global Minds in November of 2021 and things were great right up until two weeks ago. She loved the school, made friends, and we got to know many of the parents. There were some problems, like their seeming inability to answer the phone or call us back, but we were willing to overlook that for the sake of our daughter's happiness and the fact that she was learning both Mandarin and Spanish. Also, we really liked how the parents all formed a tight-knit community. Recently, my wife and I got COVID while traveling out of state (we are fully vaccinated). We attempted to contact Adam via phone on 3 separate occasions to inform him that our daughter would not be at school when we returned, and to receive guidance about what we needed to do before bringing her back. No one ever answered, nor did they return my calls. This lack of answering phone calls is a problem that goes back about six months, with only one of my phone calls being answered in all of that time. I was told multiple times by teachers that they would tell ownership about the problem. Adam finally responded to an email my wife sent several days earlier, telling us that we could bring our daughter back to school when she was feeling well. No other guidance was provided beyond that. There was no mention of a need for a negative test prior to her return. Current CDC guidelines are that children who are asymptomatic may return to school 5 days after exposure to someone who is COVID-positive. We waited until the 8th day to bring her back. She was never symptomatic. In the absence of any guidance from Global Minds other than the email we received telling us to bring her back when she was feeling well, we followed CDC guidelines and brought our daughter back to school. When I brought her back to school, I was told that I could not leave her there without a negative COVID test. I was a bit annoyed, since we had tried to call them multiple times for exactly this reason, and no one bothered to answer the phone or call us back. Adam's email also said nothing about a negative test. So, I said it was fine if she can't stay, but I was a bit annoyed that no one had bothered to give us any guidance before drop-off that morning. Chi (Adam's wife) called him and asked what to do, and he apparently said it was okay to leave my daughter there because Chi changed her mind and said it was fine. Fifteen minutes later, Adam called me on my cell. His behavior on that phone call was beyond the pale. As an adult, I have never experienced the level of disrespect he showed me over the phone that day. I could barely get a word in, in fact I think I said maybe 5 words in total. When he was done chewing me out, he demanded that I pick my daughter up immediately, and then hung up on me. I couldn't believe it. I went to the school and got my daughter and later sent Adam an email, addressing his disrespectful phone call, lack of guidance, sudden change of heart, and their habit of not answering phone calls or returning messages. One week later, Adam sent me an email and said he "found a lot of truth in my words" and offered to apologize in person the following day. I showed up to the school as he suggested, and was told by his wife that he was not there, nor was he planning to be there that day or the next. She had no idea about our meeting. I emailed him again, and asked what happened, giving him the benefit of the doubt. He offered no apology. He said, "My intent was to be at school on Monday and Tuesday, but I had some showings of properties and some meetings that popped up that kept me away." Obviously, he has more important things to do than follow through on a meeting he proposed with a parent at his school. Given the lack of communication, unprofessional conduct, and the fact that Adam seemed to be deliberately misleading me to waste my time, my wife and I made the extremely difficult to tear our daughter away from her school and friends, and enroll her elsewhere. When I informed Adam that I would be removing my daughter from his school, I received an email response one week later that simply said, "Turd." See the attached screenshot. This behavior is unbecoming any adult, let alone one who is entrusted with the care of children. I think it is important that anyone who is interested in taking their children to Global Minds know what they can expect from the director before enrolling. I don't know if any other parents have had a negative experience with Adam. Before these events transpired, I would have said that everything at the school was great. But, given what I experienced with Adam, I wouldn't recommend Global Minds to anyone.

We are sharing our experience below in hopes that the owner of Global Minds will seriously consider…read morehow unpleasant and unprofessional he can be with parents . After seeing some of the prior reviews and speaking to other parents regarding their interactions with him, we learned that our extremely negative interaction was not isolated, but rather part of a toxic, dismissive, and volatile behavior set. Before we talk about our experience with the owner, we would like to praise the teachers and support staff. We found them to be energetic and polite. They were engaged and nurturing with our child. We'd like to compliment them. Now we will continue with the owner. First, we started to notice something strange when we wanted to speak with our child's instructors via text or email. This is prohibited. Strange. Our intention was to glean feedback and/or insights how to best help our child progress with Mandarin. We were told communication with instructors was only possible in person and after the owner personally set the meeting up. That raised a red flag. Due to our jobs, our family has lived in multiple states over the past few years and we've accumulated a fair amount of experience with preschools. Let us tell you, this is NOT the norm. When we were told that, it made us think that something is being hidden. Why in the world could we not speak with our child's instructor unless it was 'pre-vetted' by the owner? We got suspicious so we started asking around. As a member of the Chinese community and native mandarin-speaker, I reached out to the community only to find a strong negative narrative about the owner. At first, it seemed odd that he was described as angry and volatile as we never really observed that, but, then again, we had never really interacted for more than a couples minutes with him at any given time. Only after a shocking, and, frankly, disturbing meeting with the owner did we realize this is a very accurate description. This all started because we had a question about a school policy. The owner, instead of answering the question over the phone, insisted on meeting at the preschool to talk. Honestly, we didn't think anything of it and came to the preschool very casually. Our expectation was that our meeting was going to be pleasant and informative as the owner arranged it. You can imagine our surprise when the owner started to shake with anger and speaking obscenities to us. We were literally stunned, and, honestly, scared. We had absolutely no idea that such a volatile and unprofessional person was running the school. That day was our child's last. Again, we don't want to bash the school as there are many capable and caring teachers, but we do hope the owner will mature as a person. It is completely unacceptable to us to enroll our child in a school that is ran by someone that struggles with anger management issues. We had a simple question about a policy that could've been handled with maybe two or three sentences, but instead blew up into an owner meltdown. Please grow in professionalism and learn to lead in a respectful and dignified manner.

We had them translate our whole business website and and marketing materials to French. The…read moreturnaround was fast and prices were very reasonable!

From the owner: French to English translation and/or • English to French translation of written documents and…read moremanuscripts • French proofreading • English proofreading • French to English interpreting • English to French interpreting • Sight-translation • Voiceovers • Services can be provided via zoom, email, phone, face-to-face. • Most documents to be translated are mailed or delivered to my office address and mailed back to picked up at my office address. • See FrenchAndEnglish.com

Madam Gray est magnifique! Mrs Gray is magnificent! Not only was it fun to learn French from Mrs…read moreGray, she was so helpful, kind, and incredibly patient with me. Can you imagine trying to listen hours at a time to someone speaking English incredibly slowly? I don't have the patience but Mrs Gray does. I loved her class and will definitely be using them again. Mrs Gray gave me the tools to help me learn and practice. Unfortunately learning a language requires self-discipline to practice and Mrs Gray helped lay the ground-work for me to start my journey in learning a new language. Thank you so much Arizona Language Institute!!!!!

From the owner: Teaching foreign languages to Adults; Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Arabic French. and, Intensive…read moreEnglish,- 5 levels; TOEFL, IELTS , Accent Reduction, Business English, and composition skills for various employment needs.

This gave me a horrible view on how college is supposed to be. I did online classes here and my…read morebiology professors have been awful. They are rude, unhelpful and simply don't care, I did tutoring asked for clear instructions, study tips and the most I could do to pass but I failed twice. Now I'm out on SAP due to this. My advisor was very unhelpful when I mentioned these issues. It really seems like the staff just does not care and is clearly in it for money. My academic coach was amazing however, and helped me stay motivated on continuing my college journey. I'm no longer a student here because of my awful experiences.

This is the second event I have attended where our non-profit organization rented space for a…read moreSaturday event. Everything was clean and comfortable. The AV and catering was handled well. Plenty of parking was available including plenty of disabled access.

I have been taking classes through SLC for just over a year and have been very happy with my…read moreexperiences and progress! The teachers I have learned from, Brenda and Alicia are fantastic. The small groups are great and the topics we discuss are fun and allow for Spanish development. My wife and in laws are native Spanish speakers and they are impressed with my progress thus far. I can easily hold my own in conversations with them now but they still recommend I continue my studies to learn Spanish the right way. My wife and family knows how to speak the right way but doesn't know how to explain the tenses etc , which SLC does effectively.The slang you can pickup through your family and friends. Highly recommended this program!

I started my journey with the Spanish Learning Center with zero background in Spanish. For me this…read morehas been a great fit. Both of the teachers I have had are incredibly competent and engaging. They have made learning a new language later in life a complete joy! The classes are always small, so plenty of time to participate for everyone. Conversations are current and cover plenty of topics. During the COVID pandemic, SLC has continued to create a great learning environment virtually. If you've been thinking about learning Spanish, give Brenda a call!