Re: [TANGO-L] Detecting sham and incompetent Teachers

[andy Ungureanu <andy.ungureanu @t-online.de>]

Tango Guy wrote:
> Sham or incompetent teachers
> One needs to be suspicious of any teacher who exhibits any of the following.

I am a not a teacher and I don't need to defend myself. But I am very
suspicious about those hints.
The person expected by "tango guy" is some sort of a God, perfect in
Tango, dance, music and history, big in psychology, body training,
teaching methods, doesn't care about money and so on.
I learned with different teachers, some of them widely accepted as top
teachers, but none of them has the chance to fulfill all these criteria.
I agree that there are a lot of lousy teachers out there, but also
company leaders, politicians, lawyers, doctors, engineers etc, who
should better change their jobs.
Tango students are grown up people who should stop to blame the teacher
for their lack of success. They should open their eyes and use their
brains to judge if the teacher is good *for them* or not. Beginners are
not yet able the judge the quality, but they are able to recognize if
they want to dance like this particular teacher (or his  experienced
students) or not. After six months they should be able to know if the
classes are worth the money or not. Later they will work with different
teachers and stay with the one(s) they like. It's a free market.


Andy