In a message dated 10/05/2001 3:18:11 PM Central Daylight Time,
EJohans@U... writes:
EJohans@U... writes:
<< I guess I run my hour lessons differently. I think teaching requires
some explanation and not just activity. If all a student does is sing
during a lesson, then there may not be a lot of teaching going on. No
offense to folks who teach 1/2 hours; I find such lessons cramp my
teaching and the student's learning. We don't have time to try things
out together more than once. >>
When I first arrived in MKE, I fully intended to give one-hour lessons. I
soon found out that the market here favored half-hour lessons, both in terms
of time and budget, and no one except for serious voice majors wanted
one-hour lessons. I went with it. I now offer my students the option to
expand to 45- or 60-minute lessons whenever a slot opens before I fill it
with another 30 minute student, and most of them take it ... I'd much rather
teach 4 45-minute students than 3 30-minute students in terms. But to get
them in the door (and when I was just starting out, that was my goal), I had
to start with 30-minutes.
Christine Thomas
Wauwatosa, WI
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