Should teachers start a micro-business?

With the rise of WeChat, a new industry has emerged - WeChat business, that is, merchants who use WeChat to do business. Selling on WeChat does not require opening a store, does not require a fixed location, and is not limited by time and space. Everyone can do it, and it has suddenly become a "second career" for many office workers.

Ordinarily, there is nothing wrong with using your spare time to do some business and earn extra money. But I feel that micro-business is not something everyone can do. For example, teachers, especially primary and secondary school teachers. A few days ago, a friend gave me some laundry tablets. I was wondering: Why did he think of giving me this thing? When asked about the whole story, my friend told the truth. It turned out that his son was in the fourth grade of elementary school. In order to facilitate communication with his parents, the child's class teacher created a WeChat group, where he would sometimes send announcements from the school or class and assign homework that parents needed to complete. This teacher is a part-time WeChat business person, and she promotes the products she represents in the WeChat circle every day, which are laundry tablets, toothpaste and the like. Although they are not very valuable, they can be used by every household. A friend told me that all parents of students have the teacher’s WeChat account, and if anyone can’t see the Moments she pushes, it’s just an act. Many parents will buy some items from her through WeChat from time to time. At best, they are needed at home, at worst, purely to please the teacher...

After listening to this, I couldn't help but fall into deep thought. It is true that teachers do not forcefully sell their products to parents, but in the face of an extremely competitive society, which parent is willing to let their children lose at the starting line? They all regard teachers as "gods", fearing that their children will be treated unfairly if they are treated lightly. Since the teacher is engaged in micro-business and buys things from others, "reciprocating a favor" is both clever and euphemistic.

When teachers engage in micro-business, subjectively they do not necessarily have the idea of ​​“kidnapping” parents’ consumption, but objectively it creates such a reality, which may lead to misunderstandings by others. I think it’s better for teachers not to engage in micro-business. It’s okay to do it if you have to. For example, how about changing your WeChat account so that parents don’t know it’s you and become a true consumer?

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