Hello Steem Blockchain!

Last year I had an idea where I wanted to show my students how to start a real business as easily as possible. Chinese students don't really get much hands-on experience and I am a Math, Science and Business teacher in China.

Since I like to get involved in various projects and create my own products, I wanted to show my students how they could do it too!

We went through the whole process of choosing a product to sell, contacting suppliers on Alibaba, getting samples made, discussing whether changes should be make and then making the final order. I made this proposal to my boss and he agreed to lend me money to fund this project. Once the products were made, we could sell them on our school campus and try to make a profit!

What did we end up choosing?

Memorial Coins!

We wanted to primarily sell these coins to the grade 3 students that were graduating that year. These coins would serve as a souvenir for attending this high school. We submitted the pictures to the factory and they were able to make these coins for us. I even showed them how to find freelancers on fiverr.com to make our own personalized logo!

Our class name became "666 International Class"! 666 in the West means the devil but in China, the number 6 means "awesome" or "cool" so don't get it twisted hahaha. After putting in the order, we made short videos as advertisements to post on Chinese social media so that our school would know about it. We also got someone online to make us a sign and print it out so we could stand it up and show everyone what we were selling. The product was a hit! We made about $400 in the first 2 days!

The students were so excited to sell these coins. They loved getting involved and selling it on their spare time. After 2 days we were able to break even and that was a big relief. It was at that moment I knew that I wasn't in debt to my boss anymore!

The headquarters for our program found out about this and featured me in their online news article. It was cool to get that recognition and I was happy that I could teach my students real skills they need to be successful entrepreneurs in the world.

I highly encourage other teachers out there to try and do something similar. Give students a chance to actually do something that they need to use in real life instead of just teaching a textbook. Our business curriculum has a lot of terminology and it would be quite dry if we didn't do something like this to really make them realize what it feels like to start a business.