And this must be the challenge that faces all Teachers. I have to say, of the few musical Teachers I have come across, none have struck me as highly able to adjust their Teaching style to their students needs (not that I would say I have particularly demanding needs - or perhaps I do?) Probably because that takes a high degree of interpersonal skills, so it's not a criticism necessarily, rather than an observation that either I'm a picky bugger, or people are all different in their odd little ways. Certainly if a Teacher of mine told me my interpretation of a learning style was wrong, I'd walk away quite quickly.
Yes. Other things that teachers can be guilty of is trying to create a clone of themselves.
"Certainly if a Teacher of mine told me my interpretation of a learning style was wrong, I'd walk away quite quickly."
Yes, it's on the shoulders of the teacher to make their point understood, the same as you would trying to make a particular point in a pub or over dinner - or anywhere!
This is why the UK, and other similarly minded countries are wrong to put
all the kudos into qualified teacher status, especially where teaching instruments is concerned. Principle clarinet player of the RPO would be considered unqualified if teaching clarinet in a school and would be payed less than someone teaching clarinet in the next room, with no professional playing experience and yet has a PGCE or a Bed. Of course, they
could be a better teacher, but my point is that you are not judged on your merits, or the probability that you can deliver as you've "been there and done that", purely the lack of a piece of paper - which we discussed in another recent thread
@AZMay 
In my view, a good teacher needs to have the attributes that the tribe storyteller had, or an orator. That bloke in the pub that always gathers a crowd with his yarns. Someone who is good to listen to in the first place. You can have all the information in your brain, but if you bore the hind legs off a donkey...
