[Anonny]

This is just my personal opinion but I really don’t like the idea of having a beginner/intermediate teacher to teach me! Why should I pay someone who is at my level or lower to teach me? I want a teacher that has a wide range of skills, knowledge, safety precautions AND teaching experience. I dont care how good you are at “beginner level” i want a fully experienced teacher! I’d prefer to save money and teach myself than have the above.

@glitterhips- no your not confused, this is all at the same studio. Constant conflicting teaching and unprofessional teachers!
You would think that the studio owner would keep this all under control BUT the studio owner just happens to be the teacher that is only at a beginner/intermediate level. In my opinion, this is BAD. I can only guess that I’m not the only person that feels this way. When it’s blatantly obvious what goes on there it’s hard to imagine other students aren’t feeling the same way as me.
There isn’t much of a choice with studios in my area, theirs is the only one. Which makes me feel it’s more of a money making ploy rather than a legit buisness as there is no competition for them at all.
If I ever happen to attend a new dance school, I will be asking MANY questions before I give them my hard earned money.

[Anonny]

Thanks girls 🙂 I totally agree! I can’t not do any floor work well and would love to improve.
I do have Veenas lessons. I have been on this site for awhile I just (unfortunately) felt the need to male an anonymous profile to make this post. It’s a really crap situation and I don’t want to have someone say “hey! I know that girl” and go tell the teacher!!!
Rest assured I have posted a number of vids already onto this site and a heap of progress photos AND I have an awesome network of friends on here!
Thanks for all the advice, links etc. You have just helped me to know what’s been happening is NOT right.
Hugs to all 🙂

[Anonny]

I forgot to add that there wasn’t any other options for the other lever in my class, the beginner2 were made to do these moves too. Eeeek.

[Anonny]

@sensual & @oopsie daisy – I was in a combined class!! There was NO showing different variations of the moves JUST the advanced (her) way! Inverted V from floor (with straight legs ONLY), invert while up the pole already, and a move she called a “ballerina” but I have noticed it online as being called an “advanced twisted plank”.
I would LOVE to learn a dance each lesson!! That would be my dream class! But is all we did in an hour was the 3 moves I just listed and were not shown any progressive moves that would build strength to get us to those moves. I did ask her what strength training we need to be able to work up to it and she told me “you just keep doing this”. *sigh*
Also, she would blatantly ignore us if we actually got a move! She’d quickly look away and not give any acknowledge in any way.

Saying this…I don’t think I will go back. Im pretty sure my gut instinct was right :-/

[Anonny]

@chemgodess, i have only ever seen them advertise a pole jam once. But I’m not going there to socialize, I’m only going there because I want to learn routines and how to put moves together.

@roamy, yes I dud want to learn more, but more at MY level, not more at HER level!!!
Good luck with your teaching 🙂

[Anonny]

@sam I am, I do have Veenas lessons 🙂

[Anonny]

@BACE16 thanks for the links, I think the show off teacher is a combination of a few of those ‘bad’ teacher traits :-/
She makes it feel like it’s a competition to her, to see what will be the hardest move to teach the newbies today that makes the students look silly and it makes her look like a superstar and everyone is “oooing and ahhhing” at her skill level.
She is really good to watch, but I’m not there to watch and admire – I’m there to learn. Something she needs to work on!

@chemgoddess I did speak to the slow teacher but she will not move on until the whole class has it perfect. I found it frustrating as we do not all pick things up at the same pace some will be slower than others, and for the ones who pick it up quick to have to be dragged back time and time again over the same thing was off-putting.
She wanted us to ALL have it to her level of perfection which is great but after 5 lessons of pole walk and chair spin, I was totally over it.
Another thing, the two teachers in question butt heads and make it known to everyone over different teaching styles and different names for moves and spins and make the class awkward and uncomfortable.
And lastly, I did not choose to swap teachers…I actually tried my best to stick it out with the ‘slower’ teacher, but when the ‘show off’ came back from holidays we had her as our teacher and after the first lesson with her I saw she was more focused of showing off her skills and chatting with some students about partying/her weekend/the comp she is going in so she needs to practice her routine (in OUR class mind you).
I would specifically ask to be in the ‘slow’ teachers class actually, but some days it was just luck of the draw who you got as a teacher for that day :-/