Seriously, a good instructor should never ask a student to do more than they are truly capable of. The reason for this is that to do is to invite failure. Once you have someone failing it is hard to get them to look at the positive. Human nature is to always concentrate on the negative, which is why agood instructor should try to push their students as far as possible, whilst recognising how far that is.
Tonight I had a 41-year old, who had never taken formal lessons, and only attended one previous class doing jumping side kicks. In fact, I had the whole of the class doing them regardless of grade, because I knew that they could do them and the other kicks I had them doing. All of them rose to the occasion and did me proud. That, as an instructor is all I want. Just try your hardest every time.
Matthew Sylvester 
I think that this is all any good instructor should want, regardless of the subject matter. It sounds like you’re proof that good instructors make for good students.
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Posted by missprofessorcasey | May 23, 2012, 1:36 amGreat point. It’s trying to gauge the level of stretch to the student so that they start to realise they’re more capable than they think but not hitting that point of failure. Plus it always feel good to try out some of the cool stuff for a change.
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Posted by nwukshukokai | June 16, 2012, 3:20 pmIt’s always hard to keep interest going after the nth low block 🙂
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Posted by mattsylvester | June 16, 2012, 5:19 pm