{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63189da9c473950012e68693/6a9fb633d024784c999ad392?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"He Called Me a Leech on LinkedIn… So I Invited Him Onto My Podcast","description":"<p>A stranger sent me a brutal message on LinkedIn, questioned the ethics of my tutoring business and then publicly called me a “leech”.</p><p>He knew very little about me.</p><p><br></p><p>So rather than spending days arguing with him online, I invited him onto the podcast.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, I sit down with Simon Nicholson to talk about what made him send that message, why he believes private tuition shouldn’t need to exist, and whether building a business from the problems within education can ever be morally justified.</p><p>We talk about:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>What happens when online criticism becomes personal</li><li>The responsibility we have for how we behave on social media</li><li>Whether tutors are benefiting from a broken education system</li><li>Why so many experienced teachers are leaving the classroom</li><li>Whether those teachers should use their skills to build tutoring businesses</li><li>Simon’s concerns about AI and the EdTech industry</li><li>Education reform and whether the current system needs completely rethinking</li><li>Why human connection may become even more important as AI grows</li><li><br></li></ul><p>We definitely don’t agree on everything.</p><p><br></p><p>But what started as a pretty unpleasant interaction online became a much more human conversation.</p><p><br></p><p>If being visible in your tutoring business worries you because you’re scared of criticism, judgement or what somebody might say about you, this episode is particularly worth hearing.</p><p><br></p><p>Here is the LinkedIn Post https://lnkd.in/p/evzbZmxH </p>","author_name":"Richard Cowell"}