Cold Calling a Teacher?

[Guest User]

Got a lesson set up! Now I have to practice a whole bunch! Best part is he knows my financial situation and he offered to teach me for free! However, he said the first time I showed up underprepared would be my last lesson. So I got to get to work! Thanks for the help and the encouraging messages.

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[alfredr]

Good for you!

[hup_d_dup]

However, he said the first time I showed up underprepared would be my last lesson.

See my post above. Burn it into your brain. If you work hard you both will get what you want.

Hup

[Heavy_Metal]

For the life of me, I could never understand this reverence/awe/worship concept of professional tuba players (or any other "high profile" person, for that matter).

Educators like my wife call this "Power Distance"- the relative power in a relationship. It refers to the student-teacher relationship in that context, but can apply to any situation involving an ordinary person and someone with a high level of power or status. It is quite a powerful thing, which I believe we first learn from our parents.

I was reminded of this when I joined the band- our director was one of my teachers in high school (and a VERY good one at that). That was a long time ago, but it still took a long time for me to think of him as "Scott" rather than "Mr. Sharnetzka".