>However, given the fact that only the two people involved know what happened, is it really fair for them to be judged by others who aren't privy to this same information?
I appreciate your sense of justice, Trini. >It is a difficult issue. Sometimes it's a case of people not being able to set boundaries. Sometimes it's a case of people not respecting other's boundaries. With more experienced dancers, it can get rather murky. For teachers and community leaders, I think the question would be "What would an accredited college do?" In my eyes, it is a question of "What would a someone do who is planning to establish himself as a tango teacher in a community where there are only so many potential tango students to go around? What are the motives of someone who publically defames someone who runs a business in the form of a reasonably successful tango studio? Is that person maybe trying to help someone who has an interest in taking over that teacher's students and does not feel confident enough in using his teaching credentials only and needs to resort to methods like these when the opportunity offers itself?" These are the questions that come to my mind in a case like this. And it would be an important reason for me to avoid that teacher who tried to take advantage of such a situation. purely hypothetical of course, I do not live in Denver but this whole affair got me thinking... Astrid _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
