[Tango-L] Effective Practice

[Keith]

 OK, I apologise if I slandered Chris personally. But the effect of Chris' rants against teachers is the same.
 It encourages those not qualified to teach to, nevertheless, attempt to teach on the dance floor. So,
 even if Chris is not one of the rude idiots referred to, his words and actions encourage them. It also
 encourages followers to learn just by dancing and, as has been stated many times, beginners are easily
 impressed by mediocre dancers and end by being mediocre themselves. Unless, as I said in my last
 posting, they're not driven away from Tango completely. 

 So, who is the most guilty, the mediocre dancers who teach, without knowing any better, or the leaders
 of a community who encourage such actions, whether intentionally or not.

 Keith, HK


 On Tue Jul 31  8:48 , Huck Kennedy  sent:

>Keith HK writes:
>> Chris, UK doesn't want girls to take classes, he doesn't
>> want them to practice and he doesn't want them to improve.
>> Why? Because then the girls have to be dependant on men
>> like Chris to show them how to dance.  We see it all the
>> time--men who grab a beginner and show the girls a few
>> moves to demonstrate how clever they are. Of course, it's
>> pathetic. But I guess that's how Chris gets his kicks.
>
>     And I guess you get your kicks building silly
>strawmen and then bravely slaying them.
>
>     Let me see if I've got this straight.  Chris
>rails against the whole concept of teaching, so
>you accuse him of being one of those rude idiots
>who grab beginners and teach them on the floor.
>Yeah, that makes a whole lot of sense--not.
>
>     If there is genuine disagreement on the subject
>of teaching and practice, it seems to me you should be
>able to find plenty of stuff to take issue with from
>what Chris actually writes without having to resort to
>making slanderous idle speculation about the guy.
>
>Huck
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