Tutor, Tickets, Education: Incredible Free Programs for Kids and Adults in the USA

Blogger Pavel from California in his podcast The Green Card Show tells how to get a bunch of interesting and amazing things in the USA absolutely free.

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It doesn't matter if you are a tourist, a legal immigrant or an illegal immigrant. Those things that Pavel talks about are free or cost three kopecks. They are absolutely for everyone. So if you ever come to California just to hang out or move here to live with your family, you will definitely benefit from one or more of these things that Paul is reviewing.

He is sure that when people in America organize free events, free training courses, they want to tell you one thing: welcome to America!

Free extra classes for the child

The first free very cool thing that actually helps in life is StudentSphere.org.
This is one of the sites where students come together to help students, that is, your children. This program came about when everyone was locked up at home due to COVID. It became obvious that children who learn through Zoom do not understand everything. But there is no time to correct this - a teacher cannot deal personally one-on-one with each student, because here in America, the average class is 30 people. And then the students decided, why don't they unite in groups and help for free as a personal mentor, personal teacher, all the children who register on the site.

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You go to the site, register, indicate what grade your child is in and what subjects you need help with. If you don’t need help with school subjects, you can indicate that the child wants to chat with someone, communicate, and have fun. Because social communication is important. The lack, for example, of going out with friends somewhere greatly affects the emotional state of children, and depression occurs. Therefore, students can help, including playing online games with their child or putting together a puzzle via Zoom. After a week or a week and a half, maximum two, you receive an e-mail where you are assigned a student from some university who is ready to devote at least 2 hours a week to your child.

He can help with homework, explain a missed or incomprehensible topic in physics, mathematics, geometry, and in almost any subject.

And the result is such an amazing service that benefits both students, because if a student is studying to become a teacher, he needs experience working directly with students, and the child, because he receives all this knowledge, which would usually cost money, absolutely free. Pavel highly recommends this service. “It’s absolutely amazing and deservedly tops my list,” he says.

Watch a movie a year before the premiere

The second great thing that Los Angeles has that is absolutely free for you is going to the movies to preview movies a year or more before their official premiere.

“This is crazy cool! If you're a movie buff, then you know what I'm talking about. For example, seeing the film “Godzilla” 14 months before the official premiere. And you can’t see it yet with completely finished graphics: how exactly it was all done, where the effects were applied. Not only that, but also express your opinion on how good or bad this film is. And then see in cinemas whether your opinion was taken into account,” says Pavel.

To do this, you do not need any special connections in the industry, friends who produce a film for $ 50. All you need is to register on one of these sites:

• gofobo.com
• previewfreemovies.com
• screeningsquad.com

You will receive email invitations all the time. If you go to such a pre-premiere screening, you will not be allowed to take your phone and voice recorder with you, and if you bring them and record them, then most likely you will be imprisoned or, at the very least, very seriously fined.

The rules for arriving at the show itself are very simple: it is better to arrive an hour before the specified time, stand in line at the entrance, having in your hands a printed piece of paper with the confirmation that was sent to you by e-mail after registration. You will be taken to the hall, seated in front of the entrance to the hall, your phone will be taken away, sealed in a special envelope, and you will be given a coupon so that you can then get your phone back. And that's it! You can enjoy the movie in total peace of mind. Very often you will see films that have not even been announced anywhere in the news, that is, a certain movie has already been shot with stars from Hollywood, but no one knows about it yet, but you have already seen it.

“For me personally, this has been an amazing opportunity over the past years, because when COVID-2020 locked all the cinemas and all people at home in March 19, it turned out that many people missed the premiere. I saw almost every film that was supposed to be released from March 2020 to today,” says Pavel.

You can get to such screenings in the second way: if you have friends who worked on this film. Then they invite you to the press screening of this preview in a small room. The film crew that worked on this film, the production team, is going there. Sometimes there are actors. And they show, as a rule, an almost finished installation, almost completely processed.

“Maybe some sound effects haven’t been done yet, but it’s already such an atmosphere - more for our own people. Sometimes it happens even through those sites that I mentioned that you can get to such mini-audience screenings, that is, when only 20,30,40 people are sitting in the hall. I highly advise you to take advantage of this opportunity. It doesn’t matter whether you are a tourist or live in America or an illegal immigrant at all - no one cares. All you need is to be within the age limit, for example, from 18 to 49 years old and bring with you any identification documents and sign a non-disclosure agreement. And that’s it – the films are waiting for you!” says the blogger.

Get into the audience of a TV show

Another unique opportunity that is given to you both in Los Angeles and in New York and some other cities in America is to get into the audience of the most famous TV shows such as Seth Meyers or Stephen Colbert.

It's completely free and you don't need to do anything except visit these sites:

• iota.com
• on-camera-audiences.com
• tvtaping.com

“You will have a great time, listen to jokes, see a star that you probably know or will recognize soon. You will understand exactly how such programs are filmed, what the studio looks like, how the audience is selected, how it is warmed up before the show, and what your favorite presenter looks like in real life,” says Pavel.

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Some programs issue tickets automatically - you click get a ticket and immediately receive a ticket. Pavel believes that the program itself will be a purely positive experience for you, because, firstly, you will be warmed up as an audience, that is, stand-up comedians will come and they will joke recklessly for at least half an hour so that the audience laughs at the sight of a finger. Then you'll see what your favorite presenter looks like in real life. He will come to talk with you for a while, maybe answer questions from the audience. This is something that doesn't make it into the main edit of the show.

You may also be able to win prizes, depending on the program. In the case of Ellen (DeGeneres), the prizes are insanely expensive: from a TV to a car.

Therefore, there are many times more people who want to get on such programs than on shows, for example, Stephen Kolber.

“I highly recommend that if you are a tourist in America and you have a free date, and you want to get a mountain of positive emotions, sign up for one of these programs. And you will definitely get positive emotions, photographs as souvenirs for your family and, perhaps, this sometimes even happens, you will end up in the frame of the program, because sometimes the camera is turned towards the audience when the presenter wants to see or hear some kind of assessment, and you are all friendly with your neighbors you start yelling,” says Pavel.

Secondly, you will see at a distance of 50 meters from you the star of a series, film, performer or politician. Depending on which guest was invited to this issue.

Learn to shoot a bow

“Conejo Valley Archers is one of the best archery clubs in Los Angeles, in my humble opinion. And I'll tell you why. Conejo Valley Archers holds a session every Saturday from nine to one that you can attend for just $5 admission. And for the same money, that is, included in $5, you will be given a bow, arrows, a quiver, hand protection, and a finger guard - that is, absolutely everything you need,” says the blogger.

In addition, there are coaches at the level of the Olympic team. They will definitely give you time and will teach you archery.

“I highly recommend you come here. Absolutely everyone is welcome here. Why this place is included in the list of free places is not only because the $5 entrance fee is a small thing, but also because people work here and good people. And if, say, you have a problem with money, and you cannot afford even $5 for a shooting course, you can come and explain your situation. I am 100% sure that you will be allowed to shoot absolutely free,” says the blogger.

Learn to fly an airplane

“I'm telling you about Los Angeles' best-kept secret, which isn't really a secret. But I personally communicated with at least a hundred parents and no one, when I asked them if they knew about this program, absolutely no one knew. The program is called Young Eagles. To take part, go to YoungEsglesDay.org.,” says Pavel.

On the website, you register your child and choose the date and time that suits you. On the site you need to enter the data of the parent.

There are a lot of airports for program participants, because there are an insane number of enthusiastic pilots all over the country who are ready to spend their personal time, money, fuel on an airplane to teach children. Register, sign a waiver (this means that you will not have a claim if something happens) and come with this piece of paper on the day and hour specified during registration.

“For example, in Los Angeles, at Whitman Airport, this happens around the twentieth of every month. Departures start around 10.30,” says Pavel.

“If you just want to have fun, so that your child can sit on the plane, touch the steering wheel and even make a circle over the city, then I will tell you the second secret. If your child makes it clear that he is sincerely interested in becoming a pilot, and he wants to learn about all the intricacies of piloting, radio communication and other details of flying, pilots will begin to open up, they will become your friends, they will understand that you are not just some visitor to Disneyland - came for a ride and left, but a friend,” says the blogger.

After each flight, your child will come out more and more educated. Until the age of 17, he can get such a large amount of knowledge that then you will take theoretical and practical courses and calmly pass the exams. And it turns out that by the age of 17-18, your child will have his own license to pilot an aircraft. For 10 years, your child can fly every month for about an hour, and maybe more if you travel to different points and receive an amount of knowledge that is comparable to a flight school. Regular tuition is $140-170 per flight hour, regular price for the entire course is $5000 to $16. But in this program, you pay zero for all the knowledge you get.

“I sincerely recommend it to you, this is the coolest program in Los Angeles,” says Pavel.

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