Florian K.
职业教师"You get what you pay for?
We often hear the phrase, “ You get what you pay for.” This is true with services and products. While I was browsing for clothes online , I was reading some comments. Some buyers said that the clothes were too thin and the quality isn’t good. Then I checked the price, the buyer paid $2 which includes the shipping fee. The point is most people expect more than what they pay or give. This is an attitude that I changed over the years as a traveler and as a person. I can’t afford expensive hotels, so I book hostels or Airbnb’s, with the money that I paid which is usually $10-$14 a night, I am not expecting much. As long as I have a bed and the shower room is clean. I am happy with that because I know I didn’t pay much, so I am not expecting more than what I paid for. The same is true with learning or studying for important results. As an IELTS teacher, I met people who want to get instant results, and a lot of tips by paying a trial class of $5. I politely said to the student that fluency in any language has no shortcut. It is faster to improve fluency if you book a plane ticket going to England or the US and talk to locals on a daily basis.
There are rare occasions when we get more than what we pay for. You can buy delicious meal at street markets for $3 and it is sometimes better than what you eat at restaurants. There are touristy places you can travel at reasonable prices, Vietnam is one of those. I think I got more than what I paid for in Vietnam as a tourist. In education and learning, there are so many YouTube videos for free and PDF files for free that can help you tremendously. You get these information for free.
It is not an issue of how much someone can afford to pay or willing to pay. It is more of expectations. If you pay someone $10 an hour for a job that requires 3 hours. You must lower your expectations. It's like asking someone to work for free. It is the same concept I applied when I booked a hostel in Hong Kong for $14 a night. I did not expect a big space.
It is similar to a concept that is non monetary. I heard one of my friends say, " Do not expect love when you do not know how to love." Do not expect something that you cannot give." It is similarly to the concept of do not expect for something more than what you pay for.
2019年7月27日 07:41
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I would agree that sometimes you could get more than what you have paid, especially on italki. I'm an experienced student, I know sometimes people would say high-cost lessons don't worth the price, and low-cost ones are useless. In fact, it is not 100% true, there are too many possibilities why a lesson costs more or less than the others. The only way to prove if it's worth it is just by trying it.
The $3 fastfood people bought on the street might be worth it to some of them, but probably not at all for people who had experienced living in the 3rd world, they might say the 50cents poisoned meat sold underground were better.
2019年7月27日
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@David陈克雄 I agree. The competence of a teacher is does not depend on their price. I think students get more than what they pay for on Italki. In China, an IELTS lesson for an hour in Guanzhou can cost up to 400 rmb an hour. The teacher will just ask you the same thing an online teacher will do. Give a little homework and you pay for your transportation aside from your class.
2019年7月27日
Florian K.
语言技能
中文, 英语, 菲律宾塔加洛语, 芬兰语, 其他
学习语言
中文, 芬兰语, 其他
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