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Word of the Day: Catch
Oh boy, this one always gets me.
No matter what I do, there is always a catch, and nothing goes as smoothly as advertised.
I began this website in early 2016.
At that time, when it came to technology, I was what is called a laggard.
It’s the complete opposite of an innovator or early adopter.
Now, can you imagine a person in their 40s who had never had a smartphone or been interested in technology building their own website?
Well, I did it and believe me, I stumbled over every catch there is.
A catch, in this sense, is a hidden or unforeseen problem.
I knew it wouldn’t be as easy as ABC to create a website, but I thought I could do it because, though I’m not a genius, I’m not a complete idiot either.
There is always a catch.
The more I researched, the easier it sounded.
Anything could be created or added to a website in five minutes with just a few clicks.
How hard can it be?
It is easy to build a website, don’t get me wrong.
The catch is knowing what and where to click.
When I started to build a website, I didn’t know what I didn’t know.
Four years later, I know what I don’t know, and the problem is I still don’t know it.
All I wanted to do was be my own boss and teach English online.
I’m a damn good teacher if I do say so myself.
However, the catch was to do that, I had to become my own webmaster of sorts.
Yes, yes, yes, I could pay someone to design and run my website for me, but where’s the fun in that?
Besides, the catch is you have to find someone you can afford and trust at the same time.
That’s easier said than done.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least a 6th-grade education (age 11).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 83.
The higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100, the easier the passage is to read.
read.