What Really Stops Smokers (or Freelance Teachers) From Succeeding? In the book SWITCH, Chip and Dan Heath demonstrate how changes in life are difficult. They describe making changes as difficult as persuading a full-grown elephant to stop its steady pace and change direction from its…
To Charge or Not To Charge? Once upon a time, there lived a Chinese Emperor who dearly wanted a beautiful black lacquered box adorned with a graceful picture of a heron —a symbol for strength, purity, patience and long life. A local artist was found…
How Not To Die Slowly (But Surely) Tom is a young student who takes pride in wearing tailor-made shirts, suits and coats especially as the price was affordable for a student’s pocket. Like any person pleased with a new service, Tom recommended the tailor to…
Marketing Is Not Selling— It’s Different ‘Fresh bananas! I’ve got 2 kilos of bananas. Only for 2 euros! Fresh bananas! Who wants a bunch of bananas for only 2 euros?’ I believe the confusion between marketing and sales came with its close relationship to market…
Laura has a problem. She’s a freelance teacher and teaches English as a foreign language in universities and to private business companies. She often receives enquiries for her lessons but when she replies to them, she never hears from them again. Nada. Nix. Not a…
(Download a copy the report by right-clicking on the report title.) Are Cultural And Financial Changes Possible? The 2013 Global Teacher Status Index study highlights where teachers are, what they’re doing, and where they’re going. Yes, it isn’t showcasing ‘freelance’ teachers (the report refers to…
The money you make now affects you 30 years later — so imagine yourself in 30 years and look after yourself. Underearning during a working lifetime inevitably results in poverty in retirement age. How much accumulated money could you lose over ca. 30 years by…
What is the “going rate” for teaching services per month and per hour, please? What do lemmings and the “going rate” have in common? Lemmings are infamous for one thing. They blindly follow another lemming before him without considering the consequences.
The resentment number is unique, personal and differs from freelance teacher to freelance teacher. It has to remain a secret. Do you know yours?
Suffering from centuries of cultural and commercial influences placing a low value on education? A controversial look on one way in which freelance teachers can fight against low wages.
