Had To Get This Off My Chest!
Conrad Harpham
Sep 17 2009, 12:33 PM
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Sorry guys - had to get this off my chest...
Ive just taken over guitar teaching duties at a local secondary school and had my first lessons today with some pupils of the former teacher...shocked wasnt the word. Some of them had been learning with him for over 4 years and they didnt know what a scale was, never done vibrato and didnt know about sliding, let alone any of the more advanced techniques..
When i quizzed one of my new pupils they said.."Yeah, we only ever did songs with chords..." - for four years???
Whe you think what they could have leart in 4 years...Whilst a good teacher can make you, a bad one can break you! Thank goodness for GMC!
Sorry for the moan...

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- Conrad Harpham   Had To Get This Off My Chest!   Sep 17 2009, 12:33 PM
- - Toni Suominen   I agree man, but luckily they have you for their n...   Sep 17 2009, 12:38 PM
|- - Conrad Harpham   QUOTE (Toni Suominen @ Sep 17 2009, 12:38...   Sep 17 2009, 01:18 PM
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- - Marek Rojewski   Holy moly This really is a dread situation... It...   Sep 17 2009, 12:41 PM
- - Rated Htr   He made it, you can fix it now And happy birthday...   Sep 17 2009, 12:41 PM
- - MickeM   Sorry for them who missed time of learning But G...   Sep 17 2009, 12:50 PM
- - Pedja Simovic   I have had these experiences as well with some stu...   Sep 17 2009, 12:52 PM
- - Pedja Simovic   Happy birthday Conrad! Have fun today   Sep 17 2009, 01:19 PM
- - vampire18   in our school they do a semi year evauation of the...   Sep 17 2009, 03:13 PM
- - djohnneay   Do you mean by chords that they only know some ope...   Sep 17 2009, 04:11 PM
- - Keilnoth   It's a matter of so-called teachers wanting to...   Sep 17 2009, 04:15 PM
- - David Wallimann   Man, that's really sad! I've been in t...   Sep 17 2009, 04:44 PM
- - kiendop   I've been that student 25 years ago. And I did...   Sep 17 2009, 05:27 PM
- - kaznie_NL   Sorry to hear that, but to cheer you up.... HAPPY ...   Sep 17 2009, 06:54 PM
- - Sensible Jones   That's deplorable!!! Especially fr...   Sep 17 2009, 08:23 PM
- - Conrad Harpham   cheers guys - thanks for helping me get it off my ...   Sep 17 2009, 10:27 PM
- - superize   The music teacher at my school was like this(From ...   Sep 17 2009, 10:30 PM
- - Gus   QUOTE (Conrad Harpham @ Sep 17 2009, 01:3...   Sep 17 2009, 10:47 PM
|- - Conrad Harpham   QUOTE (Gus @ Sep 17 2009, 10:47 PM) I cou...   Sep 17 2009, 10:55 PM
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- - Ivan Milenkovic   I know sometimes is hard, but try to think positiv...   Sep 18 2009, 09:05 AM
- - Sinisa Cekic   QUOTE (Conrad Harpham @ Sep 17 2009, 01:3...   Sep 18 2009, 09:38 AM
- - AdamB   I used to teach a little, and in certain cases I f...   Sep 18 2009, 03:58 PM
- - Daniel Realpe   I loved the funny based on this thread, heheh   Nov 30 2009, 06:56 PM
- - Marcus Siepen   Well there are good and bad teachers, but your sto...   Dec 1 2009, 06:32 PM
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