Greypins@a... wrote:
Greypins@a... wrote:
> as if that teacher owned that student. my problem is this, we teachers
> are the students' employees.
This is certainly true, but I suggest there is more involved here. As a
private instrumental and voice student I have had a type of
(appropriate) personal relationship with my teachers, and as a private
instrumental/voice teacher I view my students as having greater
value than being the source of my income. In trying to teach as well as
possible I am investing something of myself. I don't claim that
this is a universal experience/approach. At the very least, however, I would
suggest that it would be common courtesy on the part of
students to tell their teachers that they were planning to spend some time with
another teacher. Similarly, a student should be able to
expect that the teacher should respond to such information with, at least, good
grace. It might be appropriate for the teacher calmly to
indicate what difficulties, if any, might arise, and /or to encourage the
student in the undertaking. Attitudes such as professional
jealousy, possessiveness towards one's students and vindictiveness in dealing
with them must surely encourage those students to be less
than open and undermine the potential for successful learning.
Helen Duggan
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