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Re: teachers

Author: two toots ★2017
Date: 2016-05-15 00:08

Here's the crux of the issue: I don't want a fight. I'm not usually averse to confrontation but I don't want one in this situation. I've tried hints but he doesn't get the message. From things he has said I believe he thinks he is "counseling" me.

I have long looked at these lessons as "an End point" and I don't want to lose that as we need the goal, but since we've reached the end of Rubank Intermediate he seems to have no further plan. It's not that I think he has nothing more to offer, but he seems disinclined to offer it and I think his ego will not allow him to send us on to another teacher.

My daughter, who plays as well or better than I, really likes him and looks forward to her lesson every week. I don't want to rob her of that but I'm feeling taken advantage of and condescended to.

And a very big "yes" to the fact that I very much FEAR trying a new teacher as not all teachers in our past (11 years for her) have been supportive. It is a real battle for me to keep going forward when I know so many people think that someone with Down Syndrome can't do this. She can. She does.
And she has never refused to practice!

So I probably should not have posted this as the potential for negative comments is so very great but I could really use some reassurance that there are teachers out there willing to help us go on.

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