I've been loving my Babbel Live private and group lessons. The teachers are patient and knowledgeable. However, I've been noticing that the teachers have been asking some pretty personal questions like my birthday and where my parents live. And if I give a vague answer, they follow up with more pointed questions. It's been difficult trying to make up wrong answers while simultaneously conjugating verbs. Now I'm so on guard that I'm finding it difficult to concentrate on the lesson because I'm wondering if I ever answered a security question with the information they are asking about. I'm taking classes with other providers and they are able to teach me grammar without needing me to reveal personal identifying information.
Previous posters have noted that the live class package that Babbel offers is so low cost that it should be unsustainable. I'm looking around my group classes and seeing a lot of retired folks who likely have a lot to lose.
At the same time, I haven't seen anything online that suggests that Babbel is nefarious, and it seems like they do background checks. Please tell me I'm just being paranoid.
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