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Question: What attributes make a good or a bad music teacher!?
I have noticed that several posters in this section really don't like music teachers very well, or at least they have lost faith in them!. I'm interested in finding out why!. Do you have any stories to tell!? What do you think would make a good teacher!? A bad!? Please explain!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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From a personal view, i see that there is a need to question the kind of activity music teachers are performing, and also the audience to whom the information will be transferred!.

People/students may not like music teachers because music teachers did not look to their students' hidden agenda!.

The approach here is more related to the educational matter rather than music itself as a subject!.
May be music teachers, add to the curriculum, are ignoring/forgetting some psychological factors; students being introvert, shy, having troubles in expressing themselves and so on!.!.!. In addition, most of the music courses in schools are given to teenagers, teenagers are sensitive and all what counts for them is their appearance and a kind of prestige!.
Now link the prestige/self-image with the task of singing/performing music itself!. the result is a teenager may find music silly or time-wasting task, he might look at it as a hard task to stand by his own and perform, he might be bad in singing or have no music skills!.
The reaction is the negative of the image (anxiety reaction), the teacher can perform/do, me i can't!.!.!. the conclusion, the subject is boring, the teacher is pushing me to do something which i'm bad in, i'm shy and i can't stand and sing that will affect my presence and prestige!.

Another detail which is : Musicians are always seen as super humans who perform extraordinary work!. When a student approaches an instrument, (just liked the appearance and the Musician title) not passionately, and find that it is difficult to perform on it, he/she will develop a sense of impossibility to do that (performance), and will wish to be that person (music teacher)!. Simply if some one (especially adolescents) like to be in someone else's place, he will automatically hate him and hate all what he does!.

A last thing: Ignorance!. Many people/students ignore what a musician is, ignore the music team who are working behind the stage, recording in studios and composing and arranging!. Ignorance renders the music teacher a minus element, however he/she is a great contributor, and makes only the stars known as musicians!.
I hope this answer presents a clear opinion, however, it is by no means exhaustive and answers only a part of the question!.
Best of luck!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Good teachers
- don't push you, but make you feel more passionate about it!.
- help you learn without making you hate music/them
- young enough to relate to the person they're teaching
- friendly but disciplinary

Bad teachers
- make you feel as though you amount to nothing
- not respected by anyone [[will get run over and teach little]]
- so forceful they make you lose your passion


I hope this helps!.
You just have to try!.!.you can't judge by the first lesson/meeting with them!Www@QuestionHome@Com

i agree with everyone above they pretty much said it all!.!.!. i myself want to be a music teacher too!.!. ive had really cool music teachers especially my band director he would really understand the students he encouraged us and he would make us laugh!.!.!. he also gave us disciplined
He is the type of music teacher i wana beWww@QuestionHome@Com

when i was in 7th grade my music teacher demanded perfection we were only in intermediat band!. and she would tell u how to play ur instrument when she had to look up the notes in a book!. B/c of her I quit band at tht school!. so i think a good music teacher isnt too strict or mean when she cant even do as well as u are!. also i think demanding perfection in ne band besides advanced is worng!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I've been really lucky to have great music teachers!. They've never demanded perfection, but they did tell us when we could be better!. They let us know that us being good or bad depended upon our own effort!. They're all really funny too!. If the teacher is serious all the time, the kids aren't going to have fun!. I love my teachers lolWww@QuestionHome@Com