A student asked me last week, "Mr. Heil, why do you teach here? Why don't you go work at a studio with your skills." It was a flattering question that made me ponder the hypothetical situation. I remember asking myself the same question two years ago which led me from teaching at a school in Thailand to working at a education studio in Hawaii where I helped to edit videos and create graphics for television and classroom videos. It was fun but not as fulfilling as teaching. My work would be broadcasted on TV but it would stop there. I enjoy passing down my knowledge to the future generation which is will live on forever.
One of my students took this knowledge and applied it to make a documentary about his friend who made a song. He entered it at the Korean and Asia EARCOS Film Festival and won first prize at both. This is what inspires me to do what I do.