AML
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So …. trainers/coaches/instructors/teachers …. whatever title you like to use.
What type of person do you like/dislike to teach or does it not matter. Is your eye on the clock and the money or is a part of you invested in the partnership before you. Do you take pleasure/have pride in your pupils progress? Do you invest in your own teaching skills or do you teach to fund your own horses/lifestyle?
Personally I turn up on time with a nicely turned out horse, polished boots etc and pay before I leave. I’m polite whilst I build a rapport with my instructor, I ask questions when I need to and put the work in at home. I think on the whole I’m pretty easy to teach.
Apart from the one instructor that opened a wonderland of knowledge that I didn’t know existed. The one instructor I really wanted to learn from I found it very difficult to engage with. Equally they admit they don’t find me easy to teach, and although the relationship isn’t always easy, we can both see the progress made. In truth, I don’t know why the instructor still teaches me, I wouldn’t if the positions were reversed! And no, it’s not for the money!
So, do you like the pupils that you click with and teaching them is easy, within your comfort zone or do you like the pupils that stretch you as an instructor, as a person or do you give a similar lesson regardless!
Actually I'm guessing no-one is going to say they only do it for the money!
What type of person do you like/dislike to teach or does it not matter. Is your eye on the clock and the money or is a part of you invested in the partnership before you. Do you take pleasure/have pride in your pupils progress? Do you invest in your own teaching skills or do you teach to fund your own horses/lifestyle?
Personally I turn up on time with a nicely turned out horse, polished boots etc and pay before I leave. I’m polite whilst I build a rapport with my instructor, I ask questions when I need to and put the work in at home. I think on the whole I’m pretty easy to teach.
Apart from the one instructor that opened a wonderland of knowledge that I didn’t know existed. The one instructor I really wanted to learn from I found it very difficult to engage with. Equally they admit they don’t find me easy to teach, and although the relationship isn’t always easy, we can both see the progress made. In truth, I don’t know why the instructor still teaches me, I wouldn’t if the positions were reversed! And no, it’s not for the money!
So, do you like the pupils that you click with and teaching them is easy, within your comfort zone or do you like the pupils that stretch you as an instructor, as a person or do you give a similar lesson regardless!
Actually I'm guessing no-one is going to say they only do it for the money!