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Re: teachers

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2016-05-15 20:17

JonTheReeds wrote:

> With a different instrument, I had a teacher whose first words
> were always, "what do you want to do today?"
>
> At the time I just thought we didn't click, but looking back I
> think he was lazy, and didn't have any interest nor capability
> in teaching
> it does seem that you and your daughter are not getting
> what you need
>

And, yet, that question can also be the crucial to a useful process. One of the biggest tripping points in a student-teacher relationship is when their agendas don't match. Of course, the teacher's response needs to be constructive. Many adults (or in this case her caregiver) have some idea of what they want to accomplish through formal study. The best result comes when the teacher is able to align his own goals as a teacher to support those the student brings with him.

Your guy may have been using the question as a cop-out, but the question itself, if especially if asked at the beginning of a student's study with a teacher and responded to appropriately, is an important one (though not necessarily as a lesson opener each week).

Karl

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