I Work For You

Here’s the thing about taking lessons for any instrument: the teacher works for you.

That is, if you’re not getting what you need, you’re entitled to (1) find a new teacher or (2) work with your current teacher to improve the situation.

I strongly encourage you to choose the second option. As a teacher, I have one big concern: get my students to love guitar. That’s it. Everything else comes from that.

A lot of times doing the one big thing is easy (who doesn’t want to learn guitar?). It’s not so easy to get the finer details, and if what I do isn’t working I want to know.

Tell it to me straight…

So, students everywhere, please communicate with your teacher! If you’re not getting what you need or want out of lessons let them know.

Really great teachers will take the criticism in stride and improve their lessons. The bad ones will tell you to forget about it.

Never be afraid of speaking up, remember that the student pays the teacher — the teacher works for the student.

Posted on September 1, 2009 in Teaching