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Originally posted by Jon
I would agree with you sbell that alot of beginners do walk out never to be seen before.

again even ! The reasons will be different for everyone, Ceroc can only try its best to be as appealing to the majority of new comers as possible.

Some taxi dancers probably do taxiing purely for the free entry

i really doubt that to be honest, even the poor students among them must get something else out of it.

I agree we do need to ensure the standard of teaching is high and some form of taxi dancer training maybe of benefit but I would disapprove of a course & exam like the ones the teachers have to go through.

Me too - i think there would suddenly be a shortage of taxi dancers if it was tried, unless Ceroc offered them some other incentive; after all, taxi dancers probably have a good feeling about helping beginners enjoy dance as much as they do, that would soon be overridden by 'who do they think they are' attitude if Ceroc tried force training on them (although the objections would probably come down to the loss of free time purely for the benefit and Profit of Ceroc...'hey we're volunteers and you're making money from us' they'd cry). Hey, maybe Im wrong - would depend on the training and the exam and wether it was compulsory or not wouldn't it ?

I've heard beginners saying they thought that in taxi class they would learn more moves not recap what they had done.

really ? i thought that was always made clear...if they want more moves and are capable of doing them right, they should be in the intermediate class anyway ?

If the whole class manages the recap quickly then I do ask if they'd like to learn more moves even done some intermediate moves before as they asked for them but it only takes 1 person not to be able to do the revision to prevent this so our job isn't easy can be quite stressfull but can also be rewarding.

As a teacher* myself (though not of dance ) i would hesitate to go over too many new things when its quite likely it'll make the students brains overload - regardless of wether they pretend they know it all - theyre only lying to appear knowledgeable in front of their peers .


*Im not even a real teacher anyway, i just spout IT stuff now and again - 'lecturer' is less offensive to REAL teachers I find