Hey BerkRewTeach how old are you? I am convinced you must either own that company or you must get a big share of the company's profit, or maybe you work for them and your 9 to 5 job consist of getting on pre-med websites and getting pre-meds to sign up for the course. Which one is it? please be honest? I went through some of your post and at every chance you get its BR BR BR over and over. which one do you think it is gogopogo? great name by the way.
Early 30s, neither, and okay.
PMs work better for this sort of thing than hijacking a thread. But I guess it has been derailed. So, with apologies to the OP and a promise to start this thread up again given that this one has deteriorated, let me field your inquiry.
First off, I am a seasoned part-time employee of BR. I love my job and have an emotional interest in the company, because I know the owners well. If you knew anything about the small company we are, you'd realize that it's tight-knit. I can't speak for every teacher, but I'm pretty sure most would agree that the autonomy and low-stress teaching is the best part of working here. We take pride in fighting the corporate giants. If I'm guilty of flag-waving, and perhaps I am, it's no doubt rooted in an underdog feeling. I'm competitive to a fault and while you are off target in suspecting that money is a driving force, I definitely think highly of the course. Their is an intense drive to have our students kick butt on the exam over students from other programs. Every time someone comes back with a great score, it's an amazing feeling of pride. So you'd have to say that I definitely feel like a part of the company fabric. Although it's only a small part, I helped develop and edit some of the materials and worked on curriculum. Enough so that I take comments about them to heart.
As for me, I was a pre-med originally, but reached a realization that I didn't really have the drive to pursue medical school. I started tutoring part time and have kept a hand in it most sessions while working full-time elsewhere. My
real job is rather mind-numbing, so this is a great way to keep a hand in teaching. The selling point they told me when I first started was that you get to teach smart students and there's no grading and thus no whining about grades. It's purely about learning. It's the perfect part-time job. I get to teach a little here and there and they let me do some of the other things if I want.
So while I respect cynicism in general, I have to admit being a bit taken back by your attack. I''m not sure what you have to gain personally from your questions, but I'm sure you have your reasons. And for what it's worth, I sincerely hope you do not take our course. The amazing thing I've found is that for the most part, nearly everyone in our class has a great heart and their pursuit of medicine is driven by a call to serve and help others. It's an honor to be around them. From what I can tell in your post, you would not fit that description, so it wouldn't be a good fit for you.
I sincerely apologize to anyone posting for math tricks. Hopefully this thread will die off to another page and the new oen will pick up where this left off.
