[Tango-L] Interesting Tango Listing

[Lois Donnay]

This is great, because it is the truth. Unfortunately, students demand to
know what the teachers are teaching, thinking that their own ability to tell
what they need is better than the teachers.  I find this false confidence in
what a student thinks they need is one of the - no, it is the biggest -
roadblock to their actually learning anything.  Second is having their
feelings hurt when they hear the truth.  Why pay for lessons if you aren't
willing to trust the teacher???

Every teacher worth anything is already doing this - but cannot say so in so
direct of a fashion. I applaud them.

Lois Donnay
Minneapolis, MN

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Michael <tangomaniac at cavtel.net> wrote:

> This is part of an announcement for a tango festival:
>
> Note on Class Subjects -
> At the request of the maestros', no class topics will be announced ahead of
> time. Instead, all classes will be rated by level only. This is what
> normally happens in Buenos Aires and the purpose is to give the instructors
> an opportunity to first observe the particular group in the classroom to
> determine what would be the best topic to teach. They believe that many
> factors contribute toward the actual level of dancing and request this
> courtesy to craft a lesson that adapts to what the students in each class
> can best perceive.
>
> I deleted the maestros' names because they aren't important for this
> message.
>
> This is very interesting. I wonder if this will impact how people choose
> workshops.
>
>
> Abrazos,
> Michael
> Going home to New York after 35+ years
>