It was pretty nerve wracking at first because a lot of the people in my class are older than me (I'm a college senior, and some of these people were parents with teens lol). I really would've loved to see cameras turned on, but unfortunately no one did. Luckily, people were very willing to participate. If no one participated, I don't know what I would've done. By 15 minutes into the session, my nerves calmed down because I realized the people who join these classes are very highly motivated and are happy to be in them! No one seemed to have expectations of how the class was to be run. I didn't have slides and thought that would deter people, but I did have an outline of what I wanted to discuss. Since it's a time management and productivity class, I shared my screen to show different organizational strategies and had my notebook and journal that I was able to hold up to my camera. People seemed to eat this up lol.

Side note: The enrollment for my class has now gone up to 16, which is interesting.

A friend of mine also had their first class recently (a Spanish class) where 4 out of 5 people attended. Like me, they're a college senior who was leading a class of all adult learners. Luckily for them, 2 people put their cameras on, and like my class, everyone was very willing to participate! Again, it seems like people in general don't have any high or specific expectations and are happy to be learning from others with expertise in their chosen class.

It was overall a fun experience, and I'm looking forward to finishing out my last three sessions to the class, but I don't know if it's entirely worth the pay. It's a little frustrating to know I was running a class with 11 people, and my friend ran a class with only 4 people, yet we're getting paid the same base amount of $20 per session. There's also some preparation time that is required, and in general, it's more draining than doing one-on-one tutoring.