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Hi people!  Let's talk about What Is the Hardest about Teaching Online and Using Technology in Teaching today? Student 1: Thank you so much! And when you have a time, please have a look at this new app, please, I think its a blast! Me: Ok, I will. Thank you, for being such a lovely and diligent student. That's all for today. Hope to see you next week the same time. Have a great day! Bye (waves). Click.. click.. I shut the windows down and close the lid of my computer with a sense of pride and self-importance: I am actually doing something valuable, I am helping people to be better, achieve their goals, be closer to their dreams. Isn't it happiness? I wish all the student were like this Korean girl from Pusan, whom I secretly call "megalobrain" as her English-name is Megan and whom to teach is a great pleasure and self-improvement, as whatever homework is assigned she is always 100% ready for the lesson. I sometimes think I should be paying her for teaching me abou...

created by Edutopia In 2016 I was doing two jobs: one as an English teacher, working at a local run-of-the-mill education center, and the other as a nail artist at a very famous Nail Salon. I enjoyed both jobs. First one gave me a sense of importance and fulfillment, the second would give me freedom to be creative and meet new people as well as make friends.  Nail Salon was the place that gave me the best connections. There I met an awesome yoga trainer, found a good kindergarten for my daughter, found my personal astrologist and numerologist, a very knowledgeable travel agent and many  many other important people for my life. But most importantly I found my first online student. One of my clients mentioned that she was looking for an English teacher to improve it for her work. I, self-consciously, offered my services. She agreed! However, the only nuance was the the lady was leaving to Switzerland the next week and she wanted to have online lessons. I didn't know how to condu...