I feel I must stop lurking and pass on my opinions on this topic.
The best teacher I ever had was the late Marjery Carter, who taught me Bucks
point. She had been a maths teacher, and her opinion was that if you could
teach one subject, then you could teach anything, because you had the
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Subject: [lace] Teaching lace.
The worst teacher I have heard of was the one a friend of mine started with.
She did not let her students start or complete a piece themselves. She began
every piece, and finished every piece. My friend came out
I was very disappointed at first when our classes folded because of numbers
going down because they put the prices too high. But it was a blessing in
disguise, because before when I had a problem I just asked my tutor and she put
me right, but with no teacher I had to sort out my own problems
Well done Sue, but unfortunately not everyone is as positive and determined
as you.
I know that not all the people who were in my classes and who dropped out
one or two at a time, over several price raises, are still making lace. I am
still seeing many of the ones who were able to hang in
I seem to remember it was said that people required a background check for
each class/group taught in different locations. This morning, in the church
coffee lounge I was told the system has changed. The conversation arose
because volunteers for the two summer clubs - one for children and one
That'd be about right volunteers would have to pay themselves I can
foresee people not bothering to volunteer at all!! School crossing patrols for
instance... only work 5 hours per week termtimes only and they'd have to
pay for the check?? Can we really see that working?
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Subject: Re: [lace] Teaching lace - UK background checks
That'd be about right volunteers would have to pay themselves I can
foresee people not bothering to volunteer at all!! School crossing patrols
for
instance... only work 5 hours per week termtimes only
Thanks to Lauren, who tipped me off that this discussion was going on! I
don't know if my experiences and thoughts might be useful, but here they
are, in no particular order:
I teach students to use computers in a small, private elementary school.
Because it is private, we are not tied to the
In the past I taught dozens of children from about age 5 years through
teens to make bobbin lace. The most fun was with a group of 10 six grade
boys. The teacher said Good Luck and closed the door! These 12-year old
boys made their own lace tell and had great rhythm and were extremely proud
of
Hello All
Our group here in East Yorkshire have been demonstrating lace today and are
back again tomorrow, at a Garden Centre in Dunswell, just outside of Hull.
This morning we had a lady who was very interested, and we're keeping our
fingers crossed that she takes it further... while she
Thank you all for your wonderful reflections regarding teaching lace.
I just finished my first teaching of beginner lace using Gillian Dye's
Beginning Bobbin Lace book. I had 7 students, including one with
macular degeneration and one that had had 2 strokes. I discovered that
some students
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