Milena: In light of the thread that you have started, it's been interesting to me that we haven't addressed the issue here of two things that have been talked about many times on Vocalist:
1) Your age & the development of your voice. Voices & ranges change over the years as they mature. It would be rare as you study over the years that your range would not get higher &/or lower. Perhaps you haven't reached your peak or have found a comfortable way to reach it consistently on pitch.
2) The type of soprano that you are/will become. Your friends that are telling you that your teacher isn't helping you might not be the same type of soprano that you are. We've discussed the "fach" system here many times. They may be lyric or coluartura (okay, I know that's spelled wrong but it doesn't come up in the spell check) sopranos but you might be a dramatic soprano, & therefore, the range & brightness or darkness of the voices are different & so is the repetoire.
Just a few more things to consider...
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