Relying on mountains and mountains, relying on everyone to run, and relying on Yao all the time will not be good - then rely on yourself!

Since the beginning of 2020, the new crown pneumonia epidemic has raged around the world, which is definitely a huge turning point in human history. If nothing else, today -- my life is also facing a major turning point .

In the past, my wife and I taught writing classes in collaboration with cram schools, or were invited to give lectures at universities. However, after staying in this comfort zone for a long time, I have long been accustomed to being promoted, recruited, charged, and scheduled by others. I only need to concentrate on designing teaching materials and courses, and then I will study hard and wait for my salary.

However, since the middle of May, the epidemic situation in Taiwan has taken a turn for the worse in an instant. First, the university has suspended classes, and then the cram school has also urgently announced the suspension of classes. At this time, I was scrambling to explore the software, hardware, and teaching mode of online teaching. The teaching method that had been well-established for a long time was faced with a complete replacement for a while, which made me devastated. In addition, because many parents do not want their children to continue to take online talent courses after finishing the school's online courses, they have asked for refunds and lost many students in the blink of an eye.

Until this moment, I just woke up like a dream - if one day, the cram school that I have cooperated with for many years cannot survive the epidemic and is closed, I will no longer be invited to teach or give lectures, and I will go home to eat myself and drink the northwest wind. ?

As the saying goes: "It's not good to rely on the mountains and mountains, rely on everyone to run, and rely on the baby all the time." (I added the last sentence myself) Although I have realized this for a long time, but I have always been comfortable and used to it, I really can't help myself. careers blaze new trails. Now, if we don't open up a new path, and face the unknown future, it is difficult to guarantee that the old path will not come to an end, and we have to make a foray.

Fortunately, after the software and hardware of online teaching are familiar, I realize that the original teaching structure does not need to be greatly changed, just a little adjustment. So, we both gritted our teeth and went out of our way to finally launch an online course dedicated to our personal brand.

On the first day the admissions post was posted, it attracted four or five parents who had been following our fan page for a long time to sign up, which greatly boosted our confidence. A week later, the number of applicants decreased slightly. Until a few days ago, a die-hard parent helped us to post the admissions information in her personal mother club, which attracted a large number of mothers to apply-in just half a day, All classes are full!

Seeing the continuous influx of tuition fees into the account, the brows just opened, and they instantly wrinkled again. Because, one after another message came from our fan page at the same time, asking about the content of the course, the teaching method, how to use the software, what equipment needed, and whether the tuition was received; in addition, there were parents who could not register. Persistently coordinating with us to set up overtime or self-organized classes... Just replying to these messages, my wife and I spent a whole day, and to this day we are still struggling in the "information sea".

Now, I finally understand: it turns out that administrative work is such a tiring job--calculating tuition fees, billing, listing students, notifying parents one by one, and dealing with parents' strange requests from time to time-- Without three heads and six arms, it is simply incompetent.

Besides, this is just the beginning. From tomorrow onwards, we will be in full swing to design teaching materials, handouts, and prepare to send out, six days a week for the summer vacation, classes from morning to afternoon and corrections and lesson preparations in the evening.

This turning point is probably a very challenging hairpin bend. I look forward to turning it around and heading for a smooth career path!

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