Tom Stermitz wrote: > Retention of the guys happens if the teacher can create the following > learning experience: At the end of a one hour class, most of the guys can > walk their partner through a dance at a regular milonga. [...] Notice it is > about whether they FEEL successful. Tom, do you dance with these guys yourself? (I mean, to "FEEL successful" means two things, when you consider it...)
I.e.,... ARE they successful? IME, newbie attrition comes from one very simple (and seemingly ineradicable) problem: beginners learning with beginners. Sometimes I wonder if US tango would attract and retain more people if there were simply no beginner classes at all. It works quite well in yoga, I notice; new people there simply look around themselves and make an effort to blend in. Jake _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
