Teacher doesn't give me corrections

[Guest flexidaisy]

My ballet teacher rarely gives me any attention unless to say that I am doing something right. He never corrects me on the things I do poorly or need help on. I don't know what I should do because I need him to comment on the things I do bad- not what I am already doing right.

Edited October 14, 2006 by flexidaisy

[NHBnutcracker]

I think that you should:

 

1. Do your best a certain day so he really looks at you.

2. Do something wrong on purpose and see if he corrects you.

3. If he corrects you, say thank you. Some students, and its sad, but they don't appreciate corrections. He might think you got insulted before or something.

4. If he doesn't correct you, after class ask him if you did anything wrong- you didn't get any corrections. Thats what I did- then my teacher started correcting me.

[balletboyrhys]

i'm not sure doing things wrong on purpose is a good way to get attention....

[Guest flexidaisy]

I think that you should:

 

1. Do your best a certain day so he really looks at you.

2. Do something wrong on purpose and see if he corrects you.

3. If he corrects you, say thank you. Some students, and its sad, but they don't appreciate corrections. He might think you got insulted before or something.

4. If he doesn't correct you, after class ask him if you did anything wrong- you didn't get any corrections. Thats what I did- then my teacher started correcting me.

 

 

 

Ok, I'll try that. Thank you so much!

[Mel Johnson]

I say, that there's nothing wrong with jumping to step #4 immediately! Don't waste time, speak up after class, when there's time. Some teachers don't like to notice the negatives! They're afraid that they'll hurt someone's feelings. Tell your teacher it's cool with you, and it will be beneficial for both of you.

[Victoria Leigh]

Flexidaisy, PLEASE do NOT do what was suggested in the first 3 steps of the post above by NHBNutcracker!!! While it was most well-intended, I'm sure, this is the reason that YOUNG DANCERS are NOT INVITED to give ADVICE on this forum!

 

NHBNutcracker, please take heed here. This is not only against the rules of Ballet Talk for Dancers, it is not good advice!

 

Flexidaisy, if you are not getting corrected, then I think it's time to go directly, as Mr. Johnson said, to the only part of that post which was valid, step 4, and talk to your teacher.

[Guest flexidaisy]

I say, that there's nothing wrong with jumping to step #4 immediately! Don't waste time, speak up after class, when there's time. Some teachers don't like to notice the negatives! They're afraid that they'll hurt someone's feelings. Tell your teacher it's cool with you, and it will be beneficial for both of you.

 

 

Thanks! I'll give that a try.

[dance_through_life]

It's funny, because I just went through a similar experience. I really didn't want to offend my teacher by saying "why don't you correct me?" so i went to him after class and told him I felt like I wasn't improving very much and was there anything I should be focusing on in particular. For me, this allowed me to let him know how frustrated I was feeling with my lack of improvement and he told me what to work on. Definitely do not do things wrong on purpose! "Testing" your teacher like that is a huge gamble... and probably will not work well, since they will only correct you on the "fake" problem rather than the corrections you actually want.

[L' Allegro]

I actually get depressed if I don't get corrections! I have never had that feeling that I'm perfect. I love my corrections. I have, however, at certain times spoken to my teacher about certain things I thought I was doing wrong, or how to do something better. He always helps! At my old studio my teacher never gave anybody any corrections. To the extent, in fact, that when I got a correction (at age 9-10) I cried! I didn't realize how great it is to get corrections!!!

[Victoria Leigh]

***Note - last post, by a parent, deleted because this is the YD 13-16 board. Sorry, but we have had way too much of this lately, and I had to move one topic to another forum because it had so many responses from parents and non-moderator teachers. This is just a reminder that, unless someone knocks, or better yet, writes to me and asks first, because they have some very important information on the subject, these posts WILL be deleted.