I think the fact that you had to ask us pretty much sums up that it is not worth the stress.
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Scott Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > > In what little spare time I have I help teach a children's martial arts > class at the school that I train at. In exchange I get to train for free, > but I don't get paid for it. > > The lead instructor is going to France for six months, for college. Which > would leave me as the head instructor. > > > > 1) I came up through a traditional martial arts school, where even with very > young kids discipline was stressed from day one, and there were consequences > for student's misbehavior in class (push ups, wall sits, etc.) > > 2) My school stressed basics and mastery of techniques, it took a minimum of > two years to go from beginner to black belt. > > 3) I teach the way I was taught > > > > The lead instructor teaches very differently, it's all about fun and games > and it's more of a recess than a martial arts program, at least for the > beginners. The woman that is my backup used to be the head instructor in > this program and taught the lead instructor, he teaches the way that she > does. > > I have been told by the school owner that some of the parents do not like > the way that I teach and that I need to bend and compromise and are > threatening to take their kids out of the program until the lead gets back, > my backup has made no bones about the fact that she doesn't like the way > that I teach. > > > > Their black belts have only been training for a year. > > > > The school owner has made some promises to me, pertaining to rank > advancement which haven't happened.. If I was still at my school back home > I'd be working on my 3rd Dan Black Belt, as it stands I'm still a 1st Dan, > with no hope of advancement. > > > > There are other places that I can train, and move forward. > > > > I'm just concerned that I've compromised too much, is it really worth the > stress.. > > > > -- > > Scott Stewart > > IT Consultant/ColdFusion Developer > > 4405 Oakshyre Way > > Raleigh, NC 27616 > > (919) 874-6229 > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:307763 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
