Author: awildman
Date: 2016-06-15 01:54
Warning: rant follows.
I have not had good experiences with private teachers. My first teacher(fiddle) was quite bad with times, being prepared, and communication. My second teacher(violin) was a good teacher, but was constantly 5 minutes late for lessons and stretched beyond her expertise teaching adults.
Today, my prospective teacher (clarinet) canceled 35 minutes before our first lesson due to a mishap/injury. After my experiences with my other teachers, I have a hard time buying it. Since this seemed to be an abnormal lesson time for this teacher, the cancellation doesn't surprise me much, but it does disappoint me tremendously.I hate to be this way, but my past experiences have not given me a lot of confidence in teachers' abilities to be consistent and reliable.
I work hard at a job I dislike for $20 per hour. I show up every day, on time. My 3 teachers, who charge 3x that amount per hour, have not shown they want to earn it. And if they don't appreciate how lucky they are to earn $60 or $70 per hour, how can they possibly appreciate the effort that their students put into learning the music/instrument? Does being more artistic give teachers the license to be more flaky(as my first teacher told me)? Am I being too harsh?
Somebody please tell me my teachers are in the minority and that I'm just incredibly unlucky with my experiences.
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