If given the choice, would you rather teach online or in a traditional school? After teaching online for over a year and in a traditional school for over seventeen years, I realize I do have a preference. I feel like online is more of a hit em and quit em style while brick and mortar is a classic style of teaching where the teacher is the authoritarian and students maintain a routine.
I think it takes a certain discipline to be able to learn online. I have two children and I know that one child has the attention span to sit 25 minutes in front of the computer to learn something while the other one does not. In terms of pay, B&M wins hands down and also offers benefits packages while online usually does not in most cases.
I do believe that everyone can learn in a classroom setting but it takes a great deal of discipline to learn online. Where do you think the future lies regarding online teaching and B&M schools?
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Are you REALLY an entrepreneur if you’re not really bringing in money like that?
Full disclosure I am a beginner entrepreneur. I haven’t been going at this for years. I have been seriously perusing entrepreneurship for over a year. This is my side hustle as I do have a full time job.
The project that I am best at and make the most money with is the one thing I’m the least excited about. I’m all about passive income. I like making money in my sleep. I’m doing pretty good with online tutoring and that is not passive. Hell, I’m Teacher Ces so even I would talk about myself if I wasn’t doing well with this. By trade I’m a teacher, an English as a Second Language teacher with a degree that I did not buy off Groupon (no shade). I love my job (most of the time) and feel I’m pretty good at it. The problem is I have a bit of an ego about this and feel that I’m not being paid my worth. The online ESL companies I have encountered do not pay me what I feel is my worth. I have tried to go independent and that hasn’t really worked out for me (yet). I think part of the problem is I have too many pots on my stove and try to manage all of them at the same damn time. What is your opinion about teaching online and the pay? It’s easy work but I really don’t think the pay is that great. Leave your comments below, I’d love to talk to you.
A Quick Update on Pinterest
I’m going to link this information about Pinterest promoted ads. I received it in my email today. DO NOT SLEEP ON THE POWER OF THE PINTEREST PROMOTED PIN! It is my favorite way to promote. I will say that I already had a pretty active Pinterest account before I learned of the power of promotion. If you would like to collaborate on a Pinterest board leave me a comment.
The Real Teacher Ces 