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From:  buzzcen@a...
buzzcen@a...
Date:  Fri Oct 5, 2001  8:07 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Half-hour lessons


In a message dated 10/5/2001 1:12:31 PM Central Daylight Time,
LeaAnn@k... writes:
LeaAnn@k... writes:


> I guess that depends on wehether you are the student or the teacher. I
> truly need more than a 1/2 hour lesson. I need some real help and when I
> leave after 1/2 hour I think to myself..."that didn't accomplish much"
> Careful with the generalities about time.
>
> Lea Ann
>

Well, that probably comes down to how good the teacher is. I work with about
70 students per week, and a good teacher will be able to accurately diagnose
the situation and prescribe the right remedies for it. The student then
needs to repeat the exercises (that they are able to do correctly without
supervision) so the behavior becomes habitualized.

If a teacher needs a lot of time to find a way to fix a problem, their skills
at diagnosing are probably not very good, or the student's problems so
profound that they may need more time. However, that is not the case in most
instances.

Some teachers will be much quicker at figuring out what is wrong than others.

Randy Buescher




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