>To be fair to NATS and to voice teachers in general, the Code of >Ethics is not intended to provide teachers with "ownership." > >I have actually heard of cases where a student was working with two >teachers and one didn't know about it. Now, if I'm teaching a student >and that student is secretly working with another teacher, that >student still represents ME and MY teaching every time he or she >sings. It is not fair to me (or the other teacher for that matter) >that this student represents my work.
Jeffrey, what you write ("that student still represents ME and MY teaching every time he or she sings") suggests to me that you believe that you own your students. I say that my students don't represent anything but themselves.
John Link
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