RealTalkAJ

I’ll be starting a discussion on virtual teaching in this post.

It’s a rising profession that’s increasing as we upgrade our technologies.

Why are you interested in virtual teaching?

It’s the ability to work remote, same reason most people prefer to do work online.

As far as my personal motives behind virtual teaching it’s social media notoriety.

Being a millennial seeing the rise of socials being the new resume (and trophy) for status it added an incentive in wanting to be as helpful as possible.

That’s where virtual coaching allows you to reach an audience without having a cap (in theory).

What keeps you motivated and passionate about teaching?

The popular answer’s to make a difference in children’s lives, but I find that a little funny.

The humor’s in assuming that children are the only people that learn.

It’s a good thing I’m addressing this because we have to kill that assumption of learning’s limited in age.

We’re all supposed to be learning every day and keeping an open mind when it comes to understanding new ideas.

Even old concepts that have to be refreshed occasionally.

But to stay on task the motivation should be from passion about the topic, those make the best teachers.

You become passionate through passion and it creates a domino effect.

In effect there’s more that you feel compelled to do when you care about what you’re teaching.

Why should you be passionate about teaching?

It’s because you hold the single difference between pushing the bar of what the art or craft is.

Teachers usually are teaching the future (regardless of age) and with the right guidance it could affect the outcome of how far an entire industry goes.

It almost needs to be seen as being a gatekeeper when it comes to information, and what’s the point in that?

In the words of Peter Parker’s father as told by his uncle Ben, if you have the ability to help someone out you have a moral obligation to do it.

Of course that’s paraphrased but the message still holds true!

If you share an interest with someone taking the time to learn from you then that should be all the motivation in itself.

How cool is it that someone sees you as an authority in something you both (or all) care about?

What passion do you bring to teaching?

This should be a question that you ask yourself before starting, but for myself it’s the passion of perfection.

I have a personality where if I care to speak on it I’ll share all I can handle at the moment (and then some).

That usually gets developed with a ton of research and simulation when it comes to understanding the way to do something right.

There’s different elements that come along with passion, I’m fortunate to have discovered mine and it’s your job to do the same.

It’s the same as your favorite fantasy where there’s different paths you can take.

Let’s use the avatar as an example where there’s numerous aspects of the world you can master:

• Earth
• Water
• Fire
• Air

That’s a very minor example, but applying it to passion there’s multiple looks you can add as well.

I’d like to see how much variety my audience has.

Why am I interested in being a mentee?

It expands your POV to a point that you weren’t at before.

Depending on who you have as your leader can make the difference in your happiness career wise and personally.

I had to come to terms eventually in accepting that as bad as I want to be the best leader in my idolized industries I also have to be a follower too to some extent.

But that’s leadership on most levels anyways so I’m sure there’s others that share my mindset when it comes to humility with progression.

They go hand-in-hand so please remember to keep that in mind when you set out to be the best in anything eventually.

Why do you deserve to be mentored?

I like this question because the concept of being a good student in order to be taught is highly slept on.

As for myself though, I feel deserving because I’ve learned do be competent at the very least by some of the most skilled in their craft.

Part of being worthy to be a mentee is being coachable and teachable.

What goes along with that is willingness to:

• step out of your comfort zone at times
• Ask the right questions

We essentially fight for our privilege to be taught when we request to be accepted into programs and things alike.

It happens with Master’s programs, job interviews, making sports teams, the list goes on.

The point is that we constantly have to prove ourselves to be taught or else everyone would feel entitled to anybody’s time.

Final thoughts

Teaching virtually is something I’ve actually done before on both ends, the teacher and student.

One was for business purposes and the other for schooling.

There’s another level of focus and dedication you have to be prepared for when it comes to this medium.

I’d be wrong to say one method of interaction’s better than the next but it’s a preference that varies.

Depending on who you are and your level of comfortability with technology could impact your likelihood of e-teaching.

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