Re: Going rate for Guitar Lessons?

On 2007-12-28 20:46:28 -0800, "Lumpy" <lumpy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

Rick Ross wrote:
but you're probably sending them home with enough work for at least a
month so, to maintain perspective, an $85 lesson with advanced
material is actually a good value if the student applies his/herself
and does the homework..

My students all get "advanced material". If they don't apply themself
and/or don't do their homework, I release them from furthering the
burden of them practicing. I'm not at all interested in students
that are self deprecating, constantly make excuses for why they
didn't practice or in some other manner refuse to accept greatness.

When studying classical guitar I had the frustration of not being able to cover the the weekly material. The next lesson with the teacher, we went over the same material again and he watched and counseled as I got my practice in. "We can't go on to the next piece until we get through this one," he said sympathetically. I went home that week with the same material. I felt totally screwed.

It relates to the misconception that students are being given "information" at all lessons, rather than guidance through a channel of activity.

When I didn't have time to practice a few weeks later I stayed up until about 3 am the night before covering the material to avoid facing the same humiliation.
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