In this blog post, we will introduce how to incorporate your experience in reading and reflecting on trends in the rapidly changing educational environment into your self-introduction letter for a private academy instructor, highlighting your expertise and ability to respond to situations in the field.
Growth
Growing up under parents who ran an academy, I was able to maintain a mindset of continuous learning by watching my parents respond sensitively to the latest trends in the ever-changing education market and spare no effort in their work. Even after becoming a teacher myself, I did not stop learning new things or keeping up with the latest trends in education. Instead, I embraced them even more closely and worked hard to improve myself. My father ran an offline academy, and my mother was a renowned online instructor, but I was able to see up close how much daily effort went into achieving what others simply saw as “amazing.”
That is why I knew that when I set a goal and decided to pursue it, I had to be just as passionate as my parents. I felt that if I just casually decided on a vision for the future and rushed into it, I would never be able to surpass my parents, who were like a huge rock wall. My parents earned a lot of money as famous instructors, but I knew that they had put in a lot of preparation and investment to get there, so I pushed myself to work hard as well. Rather than passively accepting the changing times and lazily teaching students by repeating the same methods I had always used, I took my parents as role models, who followed the latest trends, absorbed them appropriately, and taught their students with enthusiasm. I was determined to surpass them.
School life
People often told me that I was lucky to receive such a thorough education from my famous parents, but I tried to work hard, believing that my parents’ achievements were separate from my own. On the other hand, I felt even more pressure because I knew that my parents’ reputation would be affected by my grades. In reality, my parents were so busy that they couldn’t be involved in every detail of my private lessons, but I had to work hard to live up to people’s preconceptions that “with parents like that, you must be good at school.” Sometimes, when I met my mother, who I rarely saw, through online lectures, I couldn’t help but smile. On the other hand, it was also sad. It took a lot of effort to stay at the top of the private education market, which is subject to repeated ups and downs, but sometimes it made me feel very lonely.
However, even though I understood my parents’ situation, I was not a child who would act spoiled, and I always worked hard to get good grades on my own, not because of my parents’ teachings. Seeing my parents’ reputation and position, which were maintained through their painstaking efforts, I became convinced that nothing comes easily in any field. The same was true when I was focused on my studies, so I devoted myself to studying steadily in order to meet the expectations of those around me. My parents were not able to take care of my studies entirely, but they helped me by giving me appropriate tips at the right time.
Strengths and weaknesses
I believe that life is too short to achieve everything one wants, so I always work as if there is no tomorrow. When people live their lives based on the past, present, and future, they tend to take a lax attitude toward the tasks they need to do right now, thinking, “The future me will take care of it somehow” or “I’ll just trust tomorrow’s me.” We tend to spend each day in a somewhat lax manner, but if a doctor told us that we only had three months to live, we would work harder than anyone else and search for things to do on our bucket list. Just by changing our mindset a little, we can move our lives in a more creative direction.
Sometimes people tell me to slow down and take life a little easier. However, I have always done my best and worked desperately with the determination that I can only be proud of myself in the future if I live every moment without regret. This is because when I finish everything I can do today, I will be able to do more work with more ease tomorrow.
View on life
I want to live a life where I can fully utilize all the possibilities given to me. Cheap food tends to mask the freshness and flavor of the ingredients with artificial flavors and seasonings to appeal to people’s taste buds, but recipes that require more sophisticated techniques bring out the flavor and potential of each ingredient to the fullest so that they can be reproduced on the palate.
Just as each ingredient has its own unique flavor and potential, people also have countless paths prepared for them in life, but the more we let time pass by without opening each box, the more opportunities we lose. I refuse to give in to these limitations, and every day I work hard to open as many boxes as possible to experience the many facets and true flavors of life that await me.
Motivation for applying and career aspirations
When I was a child, my parents were star lecturers with enviable wealth and recognition, and they always enjoyed incredible popularity, but they never took it for granted or achieved it through trickery or luck. They maintained a consistent attitude toward learning, proving that they had earned their success through their own abilities. People around me envied me, saying, “You’re so lucky to have such famous parents who can teach you,” but I had to endure some loneliness and solitude because I could only learn about my parents through online lectures.
I decided to apply because I felt that this was in line with your company’s philosophy that one can only reach a position where one can teach others by constantly training oneself with unrelenting determination. Inheriting my parents’ attitude of lifelong learning, I want to maintain my enthusiasm and dedication to learning, knowing that in order to continue teaching people for a long time, I must constantly correct my imperfections and fill in the gaps in my knowledge.
