Is It The Right Decision? (My Final Decision)

January 26, 2007 at 7:04 PM

Just wanted to thank everybody for your comments and ideas, you really are a lot of help :)

I made my final decisions about the situation with Joe's and Malone's parents...

1- I will fire the students if their parents don't cooperate. I hinted that to the center owner and he didn't object. The meeting didn't happen last Wednesday because Joe's mom was busy and Malone's mom as they have a family member who is terribly sick :(. So, I decided to stop the lessons for Joe and Malone until I have a meeting with their moms. Joe's mom is supposed to come see me next Sunday, while I'll have to wait for Malone's mom because of her situation.

2- In the future, I'll make sure that Suzuki's philosophy and my teaching policies are very clear to the parents before I start teaching their children. That way I can save myself all the trouble I'm in now :)

3- If the mothers cooperate (hopefully!) and the students continue with me, I'll try to adapt somehow "gamey" methods; in the hope that it makes the classes more accessible and fun to the students. So if anybody got a game or an idea or a resource, please help me out... :)

Mahmoud Ibrahim - My Violin Teaching Blog

This entry has been archived and is no longer accepting comments.