Really Frustrated...

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Any other college students out there?
I'm at an equine college and I love all the classroom lessons, really interesting, we do dissections and experiments and are allowed a lot of independence, and up until this year have been enjoying the riding side of things as well. However...
This term we have been given the most useless flat trainer I've ever had the misfortune to be taught by- she has no idea about flatwork and we continually do walk to canter transitions (literally EVERY lesson) and I fail to see the point of doing this on horses that struggle with balanced walk to trot transitions but she's always so nice that I feel guilty complaining about her to the head of riding.
Then jumping, or not as the case may be. We did a whole term of pole work (don't get me wrong I see the value of poles but they can get rather repetitive) and now when we have started jumping we haven't jumped more than 3 jumps in a row and nothing above 1'9". Yes I know it isn't about height but all the people in my riding group (the top riding group) have been jumping 2'9" and above since the age of about 10 and it gets sooooooo boring when you're on an ex eventer whose capable of doing so much more and is basically falling over the jumps because they're so low to the ground!
Have just read this back and I feel like a proper whiney cow but I was wondering if there are any other college students out there who feel my pain? It wouldn't be so bad if the ability group below us weren't doing 2'6" courses every week :(
 
It may she is trying to make sure everyone in the lesson has grasped it?
I understand it is frustrating but there maybe a reason behind it, if your really frustrated why not talk to her and ask if you can do other things within the lesson?
 
I would try and talk to her. Phrase it very rationally, perhaps ask the purpose behind the exercises? She might have not realised how boring it is!
 
Yeah, that probably is the way forward but it's also her teaching style in general. She stands at the side saying nothing until she has something critical to say- not very encouraging. Apparently she was assessed last year because some people complained and of course in that particular lesson it was amazingly planned and interesting, I get the feeling she's better suited to one on one teaching rather than a group, which is fine, but not the best quality to have when you work at an equine college...
I will speak to her but its so difficult trying to word it so that I sound constructive rather than just moany.
 
I had the same problems when I was at equine college. theory was great, practical left a lot to be desired. Can you get some private lessons on another yard?
 
3 options...

1 talk to her.......she may have some things to say about you! And why you aren't doing anything more!

2 complain to management..... Your there to learn and if you feel like you aren't learning then why are you there?

3 have you considered why you only do the stuff you are doing? May be she feels none of you are listening and therefore improving.....so she thinks she needs to repeat the lesson to try and make you better?

Finally......what college are you at? You have almost described a trainer I've worked with who now teaches at an equine college......you need a certain mentality to get the best out of the lesson!
 
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