My Brilliant Idea

OK, so I have a great idea and am finally putting in to action. First, I should have a part-time tutoring job teaching one, young child English one or two days a week for just one hour per session for 200 RMB, almost $30 per hour. That's great.

Now to the great idea. While at EF in Dongguan, we always talked about advertising an hour where Chinese people could come, relax and have conversation with all the teachers for the low, low price of 100 RMB. This is very cheap in comparison with what the schools charge. I've printed up fliers and I'm going to put them up at our school and try to get them up in our apartment complex and the other teachers' apartments. I'm going to call it Shenzhen English Hour.

The second great idea is that Vivi and I are going to call some nearby companies and see if they'd like to have what we called Life Club. It's where one foreign teacher comes in for an hour, once a week to just have a discussion about a predetermined topic. Companies pay a lot for this service. First I'm going to call the EF that's down the street and find out how much they charge, then I'll just charge a little less. I'm not sure if this will go well or not but it's worth a shot.

I believe one of these ideas should work and all the teachers at the school want in on it because they think it's a good idea, too. This could be great extra income if it all works out. I'll be sure to keep you informed of how it's going.