What Should I Bring to My First Voice Lesson

What Should I Bring to My First Voice Lesson Suzy S. Excited about your first voice lesson? Beyond thinking about your goals for the lessons, youll also want to have an idea of what you need to bring. Get prepared with these tips for singing lessons from Austin, TX teacher Gfire M... I have been teaching my vocal technique, “Yoga for the Voice,” for over 18 years now, to students from ages 4-76 at all levels from beginning to advanced. And the one thing that almost all of my students bring to their first lesson is a mixture of fear and excitement! They are afraid that I will tell them that they can’t sing, yet they are excited about the process of learning to sing. So I thought I would address these issues and give you some encouraging answers! What should I bring with me? Bring a binder, blank paper, and a pen or pencil that you can use for lesson notes and handouts. Bring a bottle of room-temperature water so that you can stay well hydrated during the lesson for optimal vocal exercising. Bring an open mind singing and breathing exercises may seem a little weird at first! Write down any questions that you have for your teacher. If you have music you are already working on, bring that sheet music or CD with you. You can also email sheet music or music audio files to your teacher prior to the lesson. Will I really be able to sing? No worries the answer is always “Yes!” If you can speak, you can learn how to sing, because you are using the same exact instrument for speaking and singing. Obviously, singing uses more notes and technique, but you really can leave your worries behind and just focus on utilizing your unique vocal instrument. Does it matter what style(s) I want to learn? Absolutely not! Good singing technique is useful for singing pop, rock, RnB, musical theater, opera, country, folk, metal, gospel, singer/songwriter, etc. Again, you are just using your natural voice to express any musical style that appeals to you. I have taught musical theater singers how to wow at auditions, touring rock singers how to maintain their voices during grueling tours, “screamo” singers how to scream in tune, kid singers how to master an age-appropriate song, reality show applicants how to choose and deliver the best material to get onto American Idol or The Voice, church singers how to sing a solo confidently, and every other variety of singer under the rainbow. Do I have to practice outside of vocal classes? Well yes, if you want to be a great singer! The voice is an instrument, just like piano, guitar, or clarinet. To truly master the voice is a matter of practicing placing the notes without pushing them and that takes at least three short practices per week outside of voice lessons, even if it is only for 10-15 minutes. Okay, I am ready how do I start? If you really want to learn to sing well, make the commitment! This is one of the best tips for singing. Purchase one to three months of voice lessons and start thinking about where in your schedule you can place your minimum of three practices a week outside of your lessons. I like to get my students to make a list of 10 songs that they would LOVE to learn to sing that way you have goals that are fun and achievable. It is also really helpful if you have a piano or keyboard available for you to play your singing exercises on. I am happy to play your exercises for you, but if you learn to play the exercises and sing them, you really end up singing with more confidence and better technique. With these tips for singing lessons, you can get ready to start singing the songs you want to sing, expressing your own talents and creativity. You deserve to sing and yes, you can make it happen! Gfire teaches music theory, opera voice, piano,  singing, and songwriting in Austin, TX. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Music from  University of Maryland, as well as her  Master of the Science of Singing from  Ernest George White Society. Learn more about Gfire here! Interested in Private Lessons? Search thousands of teachers for local and live, online lessons. Sign up for convenient, affordable private lessons today! Search for Your Teacher Photo  by  premasagar

Learn Hindi In India

Learn Hindi In India How To Learn Hindi In India ChaptersThe Benefits of Living in India10 Useful Hindi Phrases You Must KnowTake Hindi Lessons In IndiaIndia, home of the Taj Mahal and more than 1.3 million people. Should you decide that you want to spend some time living in India, like almost 32,000 other British expats, you will probably needle to learn at least some Hindi to facilitate your stay.India is on the rise as a retirement destination for many British Old Age Pensioners  and it is especially popular amongst children and grandchildren of Indian immigrants.About 1 million people, born in the UK from the first or second generation of Indian immigrants, have decided to apply for an Overseas Citizen of India card. This card allows the holder to retain their British nationality while being granted a lifelong full-right visa. It means that OCI card holders can work and stay in India as long as they wish.But let's not deviate from our business here: Hindi.Language is complicated in India. The country is a federal nation just li ke the US or Canada. It comprises 29 states and 7 territories. Although the Republic of India only recognises Hindi  written in the Devanagari script and English as official languages, each state has the right and power to legislate on their own official language and so they have.That is the reason why there are 22 officially  acknowledged  dialects in India. However, Hindi as the lingua franca is the most used of these languages. About 50% of the population speaks Hindi natively and many more learn Hindi as a second language.Hindi is the official language or one of the official languages of 12 states: Bihar,  Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.3 of the 7 Indian territories also recognise Hindi as one of their official languages, including  Andaman and Nicobar Islands,  Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Delhi.One of the interesting facts is that Hindi and Urdu (another state official la nguage ) are mutually intelligible. It means that even though both writing  systems are different, most of the spoken words are exactly the same. If you speak Hindi, you will speak Urdu too!Find Hindi classes London here.The Meenakshi Hindu Temple in the city of Madurai hosts a bazaar underneath it. The temple is a major pilgrimage destination within the Shaivism tradition, dedicated to Meenakshi Devi and Shiva. (by Prof Mortel)Animals roam free in the city of Mumbai like anywhere else in India. The goat is eating an ad written in Urdu in the Persian alphabet.Take Hindi Lessons In IndiaMastering a complicated language like Hindi can be tricky for the native English speaker. As part of the Indo Aryan group of language, Hindi was influenced by Persian, Arabic and Turkic elements.Leaning a new language always requires to study, that being said for English speaking people, it would be much easier to learn Italian than to learn Hindi.The best way to progress quickly and reach a conversat ional level of Hindi is to hire a private tutor. Rather than having you learn by heart the whole Hindi  dictionary, a private teacher will introduce to the language of India. Through your tutoring, you will learn the most common words along with Hindi number, increasing your Hindi vocabulary.It will probably take some time before you are perfectly fluent in Hindi but no one said that learning a language was easy.But you could use the English subtitles on Bollywood movies to make it fun!Hindi Lessons In MumbaiIf you are looking for a private tutor in Mumbai, have a look on UrbanPros. The website lists dozens of private tutors that can teach you everything from the rudiments of the Hindi language to Hindi word puns.Hindi Lessons In New DehliPallavi Singh has become one of the most famous Hindi teachers in the country. Her initiative aims to teach Hindi to foreigners to facilitate their stay and integration within the Indian society. She was a guest speaker at a TEDx event, and she was also the subject of a piece by the BBC.She recently moves to New Dehli but gets in touch with her and see if you can get lessons with her on Skype. Her students absolutely love her classes!

The Five Components of Beliefs that Influence Learning - Private Tutoring

The Five Components of Beliefs that Influence Learning BobbiM Apr 3, 2014 Read this and consider your own beliefs about learning. Many different kinda of beliefs affect your life everyday. People have different religious beliefs, moral beliefs, political beliefs, and so on. You may have thought a lot about those kinda of beliefs, but have you ever thought about your beliefs about learning? Have you ever considered how you gain knowledge or what knowledge is? If you are like most students, you probably havent thought much about where knowledge comes from, but your beliefs about knowledge do impact what and how you learn. Component 1: Certainty of Knowledge. Some students believe that knowledge is continually changing based on current information. When they are in class, they think about what they already know about the topic and may change their beliefs about the topic by adding new information to what they already know. These students approach learning by trying to find the truth in all situations. Professors tend to view their disciplines as constantly changing. Therefore, to memorize only facts would be a waste of time. Instead, most professors not only want you to be able to understand what is currently known, but also want to prepare you for future learning. Professors expect students to question what they read and be willing to live with the notion that there may not be a solution or definite answer to every problem or question. -Component 2: Simple Knowledge. Some students believe that knowledge consists of highly interconnected concepts, but other students believe that knowledge consists of a series of unrelated bits of information. Students who believe that knowledge is complex look for relationships between ideas as they learn. They try to see the big picture and the relationships among the small piece of information within that big picture. On the other hand, students who have a strong belief that knowledge is simple tend to break information down into very small isolated parts and never put it back together again. Although breaking information into smaller chunks is a great strategy for some tasks, for example when learning something you must memorize (like the periodic table of elements), a student who learns only isolated pieces of information will miss the big ideas. Because most of the assignments you will experience require you to apply what you have learned, you need to go beyond memorizing small bits of information and begin to see how the information is connected. -Component 3: Responsibility for Learning. Beliefs about knowledge also depend on your beliefs about who is responsible for your learning in college. Some students believe that it is the professors responsibility to be sure that all students learn the information. Other students believe that although the professor guides their learning, they are ultimately responsible for their own learning. In high school, your teacher probably took a lot of the responsibility for your learning in class. You most likely had little choice in the subjects you studied or learned or the way you were assessed. College professors expect students to take responsibility for a good deal of their own learning. They expect students to be able to figure out information on their own, and they also may expect students to be able to pull together information from a variety of sources. Component 4: Speed of Learning. Some students believe that learning is a gradual and on-going process, but other students believe that is learning is going to happen, it happens quickly or not at all. In other words, some people believe that most things worth knowing take a long time to learn, but other people think that is they dont get it right away, they never will. Students who believe that learning takes time are better prepared for college tasks. However, students who believe that learning should happen quickly are often frustrated in college when they are faced with complex information. -Component 5: The Role of Ability. Some students believe that people can learn how to learn, but others believe that the ability to learn is fixed and that they are naturally good at some things but will never be able to do other things. Students who believe that people can learn how to learn tend to view difficult tasks as challenges that can be met. Instead if giving up, these students will try different strategies for learning and will ask for help from the professor or their friends if they need it. There are probably people in your classes who make learning look easy, but students who appear to learn naturally probably spend time and effort in activities that promote academic success, such as reading and reflecting. What do you believe?? Are there any beliefs you feel you need to change to better succeed? The next article will help with that. Excerpt from  College Success Strategies  by Sherrie L. Nist and Jodi Patrick Holschuh.

Family Vacations Worth Remembering

Family Vacations Worth Remembering Family vacations provide us with some of our fondest and most enduring childhood memories. As a parent, you want to create vacations that are full of fun, laughter, and family bonding. But, when one or more of your children has ADHD, making this vision a reality can seem daunting. Sibling conflicts, emotional outbursts, impulsivity, and hyperactivity can make road trips, flights, hotel stays, and activity-filled days especially challenging. With some planning and specific attention to the needs of your child, successful summer vacations are possible! Follow these tips to get started. Have realistic expectations. Family vacations do not need to be perfect in order to be great. Often the pressure to make special memories and enjoy every moment of a hard-earned vacation makes families less tolerant of irritable moods and disruptive behavior. Remember that kids (and parents!) will have bad moments during vacation just like they do during the rest of the year. Try to remember that these moments will pass and will not derail the rest of your vacation. If bad moments are becoming too frequent, try to identify the underlying cause. It may be that your child is hungry, tired, or overscheduled. Small changes to any of these areas may make a big difference. Involve your child in the planning. Kids with ADHD tend to do best when they are engaged in activities that they find highly interesting. Encourage your child to select one or more activities that will be geared especially toward them. Make sure each sibling has an opportunity to choose at least one activity. If your vacation involves visits to historical sites, let your child act as the family expert for their favorite site. This will encourage them to learn about the history before you travel, and theyll have fun sharing their knowledge during the trip. Create space for alone time. When tensions run high during family vacations, it is often due in part to the fact that everyone has had a little too much together time. Everyone needs some alone time to decompress and recharge, but how much alone time is needed will vary greatly from person to person. Think about your own family. Are there members who need more alone time than others? Create alone time breaks by allowing children to listen to music on headphones, read a book independently, or watch a video by themselves. After their break, theyll be recharged and ready for the next family activity. Allow for one-on-one parent-child time to reduce sibling conflict. During family vacations, its not uncommon for siblings to compete for their parents attention. Add into the mix the fact that kids with ADHD often require more attention to keep their behavior in check, and attention-seeking conflicts will inevitably pop up. Keep these conflicts to a minimum by scheduling one-on-one parent-child time with each of your children. These one-on-one breaks can be as short as 15 minutes, or longer if there are special activities that you would like to do individually with each of your children. Set small goals and reward good behavior. Kids with ADHD thrive with structure and external motivators like praise and rewards. Build structure into your vacation by setting mini-behavior goals for your child, and by providing praise and rewards when they meet these goals. For example, if your child struggles to stay seated during meal times, set the goal of only getting out of their seat 2 times during the meal. If they meet their goal, then they can get a special treat when the meal is over. Family vacations aren't without any stress, but with a few of these tips in place, you might just find that the stress level will stay down, the enjoyment will be up, and fond memories will be created. Travel safely, and have a great vacation! ABOUT DR. MARY ROONEY Mary Rooney, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco. Dr Rooney is a researcher and clinician specializing in the evaluation and treatment of ADHD and co-occurring behavioral, anxiety, and mood disorders. A strong advocate for those with attention and behavior problems, Dr. Rooney is committed to developing and providing comprehensive, cutting edge treatments tailored to meet the unique needs of each child and adolescent. Dr. Rooney's clinical interventions and research avenues emphasize working closely with parents and teachers to create supportive, structured home and school environments that enable children and adolescents to reach their full potential. In addition, Dr. Rooney serves as a consultant and ADHD expert to Huntington Learning Centers. ABOUT HUNTINGTON Huntington Learning Center is the tutoring and test prep leader. Its certified tutors provide individualized instruction in reading, phonics, writing, study skills, elementary and middle school math, Algebra through Calculus, Chemistry, and other sciences. It preps for the SAT and ACT, as well as state and standardized exams. Huntington programs develop the skills, confidence, and motivation to help students of all levels succeed and meet the needs of Common Core State Standards. Founded in 1977, Huntington's mission is to give every student the best education possible. Call us today at 1.800.CAN LEARN to discuss how Huntington can help your child. For franchise opportunities please visit www.huntingtonfranchise.com. This website does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The material on this site is provided for educational purposes only.

The Letter You Should Have Given Your Ex

The Letter You Should Have Given Your Ex Photo via bluestockingguide.files.wordpress.com To The One Who Broke My Heart, I never said how I felt. I couldn’t because I was scared and unable to put my emotions into words. But I’m going to now, and you can’t run away or shield yourself against it. You owe me this much. My nights were spent shuffled beneath my bed sheets, crying; feeling lost; hopeless. The memories flooded and, all at once, destroyed me. I didn’t want to miss you. That sudden rush of sadness ran through my body, straight to my eyes that filled up when I realized how ignorant I was in our relationship. You were probably out, meeting new people and continuing on without any regret. While you lived happily without any ounce of guilt, I lived with ounces of alcohol, distracting the overwhelming emptiness that burned within me. I became comfortably numb. I craved the sound of my name coming from edge of your lips, while you enjoyed the rhythm of my endlessly breaking heart. I fell in love all over again every time your face lit up when you began talking about your favorite band, yet you were amused by the way my face abruptly lost its glow when our relationship fell apart. You shattered my heart into a million pieces. You watched with noticeable indifference as every last fragment fell to the floor. What destroyed me the most is you made me feel like you loved me with as much passion and selflessness that I provided to you with my love. But you had feasibly moved on before you even decided to give up on us. You probably found the toothbrush I kept in your bathroom and threw it away. When your iPod was on shuffle and my song came on, you hastily hit the next button. You didn’t want to think about meâ€"about what you did to me. The memory of me was simply another obstacle for you to avoid. I wish you would have fought harder. You made it seem so easy to walk away and move on. You flaunted it. Did it hurt you at all to see me after everything that happened? You couldn’t make eye contact with me and when you did, I hope you felt guilty. And a part of me still hopes you do. You probably think I never cared, because I fought with all my might to maintain my composure around you when you decided I wasn’t worth fighting for anymore. It took every inch of me to garner the strength to smile and pretend like I was okay. I could notâ€"and would notâ€"let you know that you affected me to such an extent. I couldn’t extend that recognition to you. Maybe because if I let you or anyone else see this, then I would know how deeply I was hurting. If I realized that, I would have become completely lost within myself. Everyone told me I would wake up one day and I wouldn’t love you or want you anymore, and I was never quite willing to believe them. I understand now. I accept that you aren’t apart of my life anymore. I need to let you go from my heart; free you from my anger. Through my interminable layers of brokenness, I still want you to be happyâ€"I hope you’re happy at this very moment. I wish I could ask you, but I can’t. We’re but strangers now. At the end of the day, I know you cared about me. I know there will always be a part of you that loves me. That’s why I forgive you. I forgive you for everything. Take care of yourself. With no regrets, Me

5 Things Every Student Should Do This Summer

5 Things Every Student Should Do This Summer Summer is a great opportunity for students to figure out what they are good at, what they love, and what they want to do in the future. Therefore, my advice to all students  would be: 1. Make a summer plan. Ask yourself questions like: Do I want to work this summer?, Do I want to learn something new?, Do I need a mentor?, Am I going to be doing the same thing all summer, or different things?. Remember, there are no correct or incorrect answers. Its completely up to you! 2. Find a mentor, someone you think you would enjoy being like in some way. It could be a teacher, boss, tutor, coach etc. Students who connect with empowering adults outside of their families usually are less reckless and more focused on what really matters.  A good mentor would encourage any skills and hobbies a student may have, and help to develop new ones. 3. Volunteer. I believe volunteering can make you a strong job candidate after graduation. 4. Organize something fun with people you have something in common with. For example, a bike ride will be fun, interesting, and could even be an educational experience. 5. Take a quick flight somewhere new and exciting. Flights, especially last-minute deals, can be so cheap! I promise you it will be the best thing you ever do in terms of finding out about yourself and what you want in life. Enjoy your summer!

Teacher talks Kathleens online teaching story

Teacher talks Kathleen’s online teaching story Meet the awesome Kathleen Primeau, a painting enthusiast, novice ukulele player and avid traveler. Kathleen has a multitude of teaching (and life) experience. She holds a Bachelor ofEducation from Nipissing University and over the past five years has taught in the UK as well as one of the most remote parts of Canada - the Northwest Territories. A quick snap in front of some iconic London telephone boxes, taken during Kathleen’s time teaching in the UK. This summer, Kathleen decided to make a return to her home province of Ontario. While she’s on the lookout for a permanent teaching position, Kathleen’s been supply teaching on the side and teaching ESL students, based in China, online. At Teach Away, we’ve been seeing an explosion in the popularity of online English teaching jobs as more and more students - especially in China - gravitate towards learning English online. While we’ve already talked about what you need to get ready to teach online as well as the many benefits of teaching English online in some of our earlier blogs, we were super excited to sit down with Kathleen to find out all about her experience teaching English online with VIPKID over the past year! What first attracted you to teaching English online? There are two things that initially attracted me to teaching English online. The first was that I could work from home, which would eliminate the cost and stress of a commute. The second was that I really wanted to be able to set my own schedule, seeing as I was supply teaching and looking for a full-time teaching job all at the same time. Overall, it looked like a great way for me to supplement my income while I was finding my feet after moving back home. Sign up to Teach Away today for access to the latest teaching jobs around the world. How did you hear about the opportunity to teach English online with VIPKID? I actually saw an ad for VIPKID on Facebook one day. It popped up and my first reaction was “is teaching online really a thing I can do?!” This led me to a Google search, where I discovered some really informative Youtube videos from other teachers working with VIPKID. Those videos gave me the push I needed to apply! What was the application and hiring process with VIPKID like? For me, the application and hiring process was fairly quick. The process consisted of two interviews. All of the interviews are conducted online, through their online portal which is very similar to using FaceTime or Skype. In each interview, I had to perform a teaching task, using the materials VIPKID provided. In my first interview, I taught a mini-lesson to my interviewer, who pretended to be a five-year-old English language learner. The lesson lasted around ten minutes total, so not too tricky. In my second interview, I was asked to teach a full, 25-minute class. This second interview was conducted by a VIPKID teacher mentor - someone with extensive experience teaching online who now mentors new VIPKID teachers. Overall, I think the way the interviews are conducted really does help you figure out if teaching online is something you will enjoy or not. I found it very helpful and I really connected with the VIPKID team. What I really enjoyed was that they give you lots of information, tips and support throughout the entire hiring process. How does the schedule teaching online with VIPKID work? Once you’re hired and you’ve set up your online profile, you’ll be able to access the online scheduler. It’s really simple and intuitive to use. VIPKID also makes it super easy to understand time differences to narrow down the best times to make your teaching schedule open. One thing to keep in mind is that it can take up to a month before you get your first class scheduled. In my case, it took around three weeks before I got my first student, but from that point on, it really picked up and I was getting at least eight (or more) classes booked on a weekly basis. What did you need to get all set up with a virtual classroom of your own? In order to teach with VIPKID you need a computer or laptop, headset and access to a good internet connection. These are the bare necessities you need to start teaching online. VIPKID will also give you a bunch of great tips and advice on how to be an effective online teacher. They offer lots of suggestions on everything from your clothing and teaching props to your lighting and workspace setup. Kathleen’s online teaching backdrop! Although their suggestions aren’t mandatory by any means, they certainly do help you become a more successful teacher - which is a must when you’re looking to build up a substantial student base at the beginning! How often do you work and what’s the pay like with VIPKID? When I first got started teaching English online with VIPKID, I opened up most of my morning schedule (between 5:30 - 10:00 am). At the beginning, I was only getting one to two classes a week. Happily, the number of classes started to pick up fairly quickly around the one month mark. VIPKID’s online scheduler uses a color code system to indicate peak demand times for online teachers, so you can easily open up your timetable during those times if you really want to maximize your earnings. In terms of pay, this is usually established in your first interview. In general, (based on your job performance and past experience) you can expect a base rate of around $14 - 22 USD for one hour of teaching. Most teachers are at the higher end of this range since the pay includes items such as showing up to classes on time. Additionally, VIPKID is constantly offering incentives and bonuses, so a teacher’s actual earning potential is much higher! Any favorite online teaching props, tools or resources you’d like to recommend to aspiring online teachers? Absolutely! I keep a teddy bear and some cheap (and goofy) dollar store props close at hand! These are really great to use at the beginning of lessons to grab your student’s attention and to help any shy students warm up to you a little more. Kathleen’s trusty teddy bear prop. The aforementioned goofy teaching props :) Do you have to do much lesson prep with VIPKID? Lesson prep is super simple and it’s another thing I love about teaching online with VIPKID. They use a specific curriculum they have developed and you teach by following along with a PowerPoint lesson while video chatting with your student. All you have to do is review the lesson beforehand. I typically make a few notes and sometimes I’ll write things out on a whiteboard or piece of paper beforehand. I also try to find real objects to use in my class, instead of pictures. These are easy things that only take a couple of minutes, especially once you become familiar with the lesson styles and formats. What’s your favorite thing about teaching online? For me, the very best thing about teaching online is the students - and getting to work from home! While working one on one with a student and seeing them improve their English skills is really rewarding, being able to do it while still in my pajama pants (which they can’t see, of course!) makes it all the better! What are the top 3 things about working with VIPKID? 1. Being able to work from home. Or wherever I might be on a given day! 2. The flexible schedule. I could get my teaching out of the way before noon and free up the rest of the day to do whatever I wanted. Pretty awesome, right? 3. The students. Not only are they adorable, they’re also very self-motivated. How have you found the experience of teaching students online vs. a physical classroom? Teaching online one on one is definitely different to being in front of a classroom full of kids. If you have some classroom experience though, it will certainly help you in the online teaching environment! One great thing about online teaching is that you work one on one with a student and at their appropriate level (which is already determined for you by VIPKID). One slight con you might encounter is a student that has no interest in the lesson. In instances like these, it can definitely be a bit of a challenge to keep them engaged and learning. On the flipside, this is a great opportunity for you to really hone your classroom management skills. Luckily, that doesn’t happen too often anyway. Overall, I found that VIPKID students tend to be quite enthusiastic! What’s the ONE thing you wish you’d known before becoming an online teacher? Remember that you are teaching students who are across the world! You need to research their holidays and time zones as these will impact the number of bookings you can get at certain times. What advice would you give someone just starting out with teaching online? Give it a good month before you decide whether you like it or not. And don’t fret if you feel like you royally screwed up a lesson! It probably wasn’t as bad as you thought and at least you learned something from it that you can apply to do better in a future lesson. My advice is to practice, practice, practice! The best way to get better delivering your lessons is to practice saying them out loud. Teach to the mirror, teach to your old stuffed toys, teach to your pet - whatever you need to do to get more comfortable! I also recommend you record yourself teaching on your phone. Doing this will boost your confidence AND your teaching skills, which will make your online teaching experience so much smoother and more enjoyable. Finally, don’t forget to laugh! A VIPKID lesson, although it’s packed with plenty of learning, shouldn't feel like a slog for you or for your student. VIPKID wants you to project energy, excitement and happiness - which is contagious for your students. And don’t be afraid to get silly, your students will love you for it! We want to give massive props to Kathleen for sharing her perspective on teaching online with VIPKID. We hope you found it insightful - let us know your thoughts in the comments below! Pumped to apply to teach online with VIPKID? We thought so! Check out the VIPKID job posting here.