Originally Posted by
Jimbo
This is true. I don't personally know ANYBODY who's gotten rich off of TCMA. Teaching it is a minor secondary occupation at best, and for most it's a pastime. Maybe somebody like Wong Tat-Mau can make a good living from TCMA and retire, but that's a very rare exception and requires great business acumen. Anyone who thinks that just teaching TCMA is a great way to milk students of $$$ and get rich is a fool. You teach it because you love it and feel the calling to share it and pass it on to others.
I will point out that a high percentage of people will not value something that is offered for free. Many believe that if you don't place some type of monetary value on what you're offering, then it can't be worth much.
Nobody finds it odd that to learn ANY other category of knowledge or set of skills requires tuition. But for some reason a TCMA teacher should be shamed for charging a fee. In most cases, the fee you're paying is paltry compared to the knowledge and experience the teacher is imparting to you, as long as the teacher is really teaching you.
far from rich, but when I had my program going in the city schools, I was getting about 3,000 a month, which is good for a TMA teacher. It was free to the kids, so I wasn't milking the parents, and It permitted me to teach full time and not have to worry about supplementing with another job to pay the bills. I think there is a way to make money doing it, you just have to find what works for you. I'm good with kids so it was a good fit. But no, it's definitely not realistic to expect to be able to retire from what you make teaching TCMA.
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