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Lucy
Clifford
Registered User
(10/27/00 1:42:38 am)
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Parents
at Lessons
How many educators here teach
children whose parents attend lessons?
How do you feel about
it?
Does it cause any problems?
l*u*c*y
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Paul
Tseng ICS Staff 
Administrator
(11/2/00 4:54:58 pm)
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Re:
Parents at Lessons
I usually have parents of small
children (12 and under) at lessons. I think it's a great
thing.
One of my most talented student's mother came to all
the lessons and sometimes I could swear she was taking the lesson
more than Jeffery was!
But the results were evident. He was
7-8 years old and his mother would remind of many things I taught
him during lessons. By the next lesson he always mastered anythying
new I taught him in regards to left or right hand positioning or
technique.
A very involved (carefully, though) parent can be
an asset to their student's progress. But then again, some who are
too invloved in the wrong way can actually do the opposite.
Paul Tseng
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Yvonne
Registered User
(11/5/00 1:29:44 pm)
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Parents
at lessons
I don't mind parents at lessons, but
prefer to give the first one WITHOUT parents, unless it's a young
student. I think you need a lesson or two alone with a student to
develop that report. After that, it really depends on the parent and
student; some parents can be distracting or interrupt too much. I
take it on an individual basis...
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cellofreak2000
Registered
User
(11/11/00 3:00:20 pm)
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parents
at lessons.......
Hi,
I donīt think itīs a good
idea to have parents in the lessons.You will always teach different
if parents are present, because you are not totally free in your
reactions. Of course itīs a problem if you have parents who have
nothing to do with the cello, or with instrumental playing or - the
worst case- with music at all. But in these cases Iīd prefer to take
a couple of minutes in each lesson to explain certain aspects to the
parent and do the rest with the student alone.
2 of my daughters
study cello and violin for 1 year, and both teachers donīt have us
with them, - I think itīs good,
and both children like it that
way. Ask your students how they feel about it! From my experience as
a "cello-child" I would have hated to have my parents with me, -
youīd never get a chance to "cheat" for instance if you havenīt
practised the whole week but for some reason you play really well,
your teachers compliments you and then your mother says: "......but
he didnīt practise the whole week...." Imagine how that
feels..........
Well, my father is a cellist too, so this might
be even worse. - Would be an interesting topic: How do you feel
about being taught by someones parents ? My father did of course,
but I always had another "principal teacher" and thatīs the way I do
it with my daughter.
.....expecting lots of reactions to this
really interesting topic,
Mathias
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