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Didn't know how to write a snappy title for this.
My daughter takes violin lessons. Has since February. She's 10. She has progressed well, seems to have a knack for it and enjoys it a LOT (it was her idea).
Her teacher, "John," is a wonderful violin teacher. He has great rapport with kids, he's talented, and he can explain things in a way she immediately understands. He's a rigorous teacher, fantastic. He's 20, a sophomore in college, a viola player and studying to be an elementary music teacher. He'll be great.
The problem? He keeps flaking out on scheduling lessons.
One time he thought he called me about a cancelled lesson and he didn't. He had car trouble. When I finally got him on the phone we had been waiting for 30 minutes for him.
Another time, he forgot his family planned a get-together that day and called to ask (as I was on my way there) if we could reschedule.
I said sure. He forgot to call to reschedule in the next few days, so I called him. We rescheduled. That happened twice.
Her lessons are normally Saturdays at 2. They have been changed and rescheduled so much I can't even remember how many times. She is behind two lessons (total of 90 minutes) that he needs to make up with her. It never seems to happen.
We had another flake-out this week, today in fact.
Next time I talk to him, I need to know what direction we want to go. Should I look for another teacher, even though, when we HAVE lessons, he's fantastic???
Or should I just have a bit of a chat with him and say "ok look, she's progressing, but she's not going to for long if you keep rescheduling stuff on us. If you are too busy to have this many students, we need to find someone else. This is important to her and I don't want to discontinue or have this many disruptions."
??????? It's not like we don't pay good money for these lessons, either. It's so frustrating. Today for the first time, my daughter said "why bother practicing? I won't have a lesson on the right day anyway..."
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