"Not all screen time is equal," with comic and English Teacher Rebecca Gulka

This week’s guest is Rebecca Gulka, Founder of Teaching with Class, an online English learning school, and amateur comic. Like the host of this podcast, she is an expat as a Canadian based in France.

Rebecca studied theatre as an undergraduate and then went into teaching English internationally. Before living in France, Rebecca taught English in Korea, Thailand, Russia, Haiti and China. She taught at a private school in France before making the decision to found her own school.

We talk about why she struck out on her own, many of which will resonate with educators or others in service occupations. Amongst those are teacher’s wages in France, freedom in curriculum to teach and location to work from. We also delve into the government’s role and responsibility for the education of children as well as the equity around technology in online learning.

For those who identify as workaholics or find themselves burning out, we also talk about the culture of glorifying busy-ness and overwork and how people are challenging it by looking at what is really important and focussing on that.

It isn’t all serious. We also talk about Rebecca’s comedy and comedy writing practice. Having her own business has allowed her carve out the time and space for herself to write and perform!

Note from Rabiah (Host): This was a particularly special chat because it was the first one that I have done in person since starting the podcast. It was a different editing challenge but really cool that the “studio” setup worked. I met Rebecca online in FB comedian groups on on the online circuit. Our chat extended beyond the podcast and we had some very good conversations around comedy, females in comedy and life in general. One of the positive things to come out of the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 was the opportunity to find connection with people online. When they then become in-person connections it is even better! I loved Rebecca’s insights and hearing about her experiences and am sure listeners will too.

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Find Rebecca Teaching With Class Website: www.teachingwithclass.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rebeccateachingwithclass

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yesyoucanteachthat

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-gulka-128343195/

Comedy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rebecca.anne.comedy

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rebecca_anne_comedy

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Mentioned in this episode:

Odessa Series on The Daily: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736?i=1000510748504

Sarah Robinson episode of More Than Work: https://www.rabiahsaid.com/podcast/s2e5-sarah-robinson

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