I am not making much money at my new endeavor (I only taught 1 hour today for a total of $18 ) but now that I am not nervous about the technology--that part is pretty easy. The hard part of the job is getting students because there are loads of teachers.

In order to get more students, I plan to redo my profile video. I am not that smooth in front of the camera yet. I ordered a 14 inch pirate puppet from Amazon with a hook hand and a peg leg. I named him Captain Peg. It came just in time. I got my first young student today--only 6 years old.

Most of the students I have been getting are 8-11 years old so I asked what my tags are -- the company picks them based on their impression of you -- my tags were experienced, detail oriented, and speaking and discussion: I was surprised about the detail oriented tag but, hey I like it then I asked them to add supportive and topic-oriented.

The student loved the puppet much more than me. Frequently, when Captain Peg was gone, she asked, "Where is the puppet?" I had the puppet be the one who handed out her rewards. She kept giving the puppet rewards (mostly food--she described all the rewards in English.) I am not charismatic in front of the camera but Captain Peg IS.

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