but I felt extremely anxious and guilty that a gang of the students had complained about me. Most of the lesson they were texting on their phones or just sitting staring into space not doing their work. They are paying a lot of money for that course, so I could understand with me being an inexperienced teacher they didn't feel like they were getting their money's worth, but they didn't seem interested or motivated during the lesson anyway.
That's the nature of students. They, like water, will take the path of least resistance when it comes to work. They can also be extremely well organised and militant when they perceive they have had something taken from them, their rights transgressed.
What you have to do is decide how you want to tackle it. It can be tackled. In many many different ways. I used to veer between a tired "Oh, put it away" to just stopping, standing and staring. It depended on the specific class, the students involved. I only once made the mistake of explaining myslef... they know full well why.
You need to show in your teaching that you understand different learning styles and how to engage students and keep them learning - games, multisensory input, something visual, something auditory, something kinasthetic, some repetition, some writing, some conversation, something requiring the students to stand up and move - even with social distancing in place. You need to show flexibility, creativity, ability to read the room and adapt and empathy for students - you need to twig instantly when they haven't understood and alter your communication to their level of English. Sadly all of that is true.. and necessary these days. Not that it shoudn't always be done, but you need to show it has been done and remember the students are used to having all the bells and whistles. And still retain the "Oh, stand in teacher, lets rip her to shreds" every generation of students has had.
First you have to decide if you actually want to persue teaching. I too have a chronic illness and managed to teach for a couple of decades. I left before it got too bad, probably should have left a few years earlier. So if you do go ahead do so with a clear idea of when/what your exit startegy would be.
Grab books like Paul Ginnis's Teachers Toolkit; Pimp Your Lesson, Teachin Backwards, Teaching Without Talking etc. You may, like me, fight the idea of them with every tooth and nail, but when you find the bits you like they really do help you engage students effectively.
And then find opportunities to increase your experience. Maybe try a few different settings. After 5 years out of the classroom I have decided that I could bear the thought of some formal teaching again, but have decided to teach adults in community settings.
Good luck finding your niche!