What the fruit is wrong with her? Why would she do that?! 
Some people can "know" piano and should not be allowed to teach.
What a b * tch!
I know. I read your reply here and thinking back to all that, I just want to cry. To this day, I struggle to play certain composers because of her. In the grand scheme of life, it is not a big deal but she hurt my desire to want to take music to another level. The irony is, I think she treated me that way because she didn't like her own life choices. As a kid at the time, I just did what she expected of me, but looking back...she was an unhappy person. An incredibly talented pianist but not a patient teacher.
But she thought I should pursue music as a profession...and was disappointed when after years of lessons and I was a teenager, I didn't want her dream.
That's the irony. She caused me a lot of angst that I think had it been different, and not such a harsh way of teaching, I might have stuck with music more than a hobby into my adulthood.
I haven't really thought about all this in so long.
When I was out of high school my family moved away from that town where she lived, and I trained for a state competition with an entirely new instructor. He was very different and believed in me. I wish I had met him when I just started lessons as I wouldn't have stupid hang ups with certain composers as I do now.
Sorry I went off topic, but thx for listening!
Topic: Chopin