What's your relationship with your teacher?

[Bob]

Kind of like the "Do you love your teacher?" thread.  

Maybe it's just me.  I just consider it business.  If not that teacher, than I would get another.  No big deal.  That may be because I never had one who could answer all my questions and a few started getting upset for asking questions (questions at all, or certain question such as ones about technique).

Some were more friendly than others, but I never really felt attached to them.  I'm paying them.  It's just business.



Similar to this thread from the other perspective.
https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=37756.0

[pianisten1989]

I have a great relationship with my teachers. Always have had..
Me and my former teacher, and some other students always try to the cinema now and then, and go out and eat something after. On Wednesday, we're actually going to a friend's house and have a barbecue.

Me and my present teacher also go out and eat quite often, and discuss kind of everything.

So I have, as I said, a great relationship with them

[butterfly79]

I have a great relationship with my teacher. I left my first teacher because she wasn't vocal enough and I couldn't talk with her. With my new teacher I can ask anything, she is hands on in her teaching, she has not only teaching but performing experience. I chose her as my teacher not only for her abilities but for her personality. I may be paying her but I want to be comfortable with my teacher.

[m19834]

Kind of like the "Do you love your teacher?" thread.  
Maybe it's just me.  I just consider it business.  If not that teacher, than I would get another.  No big deal.  That may be because I never had one who could answer all my questions and a few started getting upset for asking questions (questions at all, or certain question such as ones about technique).
Some were more friendly than others, but I never really felt attached to them.  I'm paying them.  It's just business.
 
Similar to this thread from the other perspective.
https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=37756.0

For me, I have felt like it takes a very particular interaction and a very particular person to be really working with and to accomplish what I need and want to accomplish, and I feel like Marik is that kind of person for me.  Even though I feel our relationship is professional, I also feel there is an element of depth to it that isn't achieved with just anybody.  There is something particular about each of us as individuals, as well as how we fit with each other, too.  I respect Marik very, very much.  So, I definitely don't feel as you describe, Bob, as though it's no big deal and as though it's "just business."  Well, it is "just business" a much as making music is just business, or living life is just business.

One of the things that I respect the most in our interaction is that I feel he really has a vested interest in our work together, as though he is truly putting a real and actual part of himself into our endeavor together, and as though the work is truly as important as I also feel it is.  That is a pretty big deal to me.  These things coupled with his expertise and experience, that's why I fly hundreds of miles to have lessons with him.

In general, I believe it's important to have people in our lives who make us want to be a better person.  In many ways that is how I feel about Marik and my meeting with him.

[timepants13]

I've always had a good relationship with my teachers. I think part of it is I feel obligated to form some kind of relationship with the person I am in a room with for an hour or so regularly.

[pianissimo123]

I would say my teacher and I are very close. She has taught me allot. I've been playing for a couple of years now, and she has been training me since day one. She is perfect for me it seems. She is very open-minded and we can talk freely. The learning process is always professional but at the same time it is very profound . When I first started studying privately with her, it was more of a nurturing relationship. Now it seems more like a mentorship. It seems like she's training me to one day eventually be able to follow in her footsteps of teaching. I love going to see her. It is business sure, but also, successfully learning from someone also involves a certain bond or an emotional attachment.(ex. trust, respect, dedication, honesty). I think it depends on who your teacher is, but if you have one who is positive and makes learning enjoyable (not just in it for the money) you will definitely come to appreciate them more.

[benjaminpiano]

my teacher is almost like a grandpa to me.

[pianoplayjl]

Pretty Ok because he has a few laughs with me before we get on with our lessons.

[collectivecolors]

The relationship with my teacher, is friendly but part of that is because my family has kind of always gone to her--she taught my grandmother.