I said, if I remember correctly, something about piano teachers spending too much time complaining about having students "stolen" and not enough time in becoming better teachers.

I often have dissenting opinions, but I was in a very irritated mood that day and did not want to provoke people, because my words get very harsh when I am not feeling well.

For the record, I thought many of your ideas re teaching were very good.

My suggestion that you might add "teacher" to your sig was a suggestion. Nothing more.

One point I wanted to make, which I still think is valid, is that in forums we often get only one side of a story.

In this particular case there may have been no damage done, but in other threads damage *has* been done by having relatively new students being told that their teachers are not teaching correctly because what is going on in lessons is misreported.

I see all sorts of distortions in this forum, sometimes by teachers, sometimes by students. I'm sure on bad days some of the distortions come from me.

As for a "brotherhood of teachers", yes, I do think this is a valid point. But I'm not part of that brotherhood (or sisterhood). I am a part of no organizations, allied with no teacher, loyal to no teaching system or method.

If I were giving out extremely bad advice, then I'd see the point about including the fact that I'm not a professional teacher either in my sig or with every single post I make here. In any case, I agree with the rest of your post.

Quality over quantity..... Some teachers gave tons of materials, but they do not have time to teach thoroughly. It is the same case like the guy who purported that he can play all of the Beethoven Sonatas, but not one is decent.

I thought you were sure that was intentional on that guy's part.