Both of my SC teacher and my long fist teacher had never taught any children in their lifetime.My Sifu and my Sigung refused to teach children.
I believe CMA teacher may treat this differently. For a CMA teacher to accept a student, the student has to show the "learning desire" first. Since most kids don't have strong learning desire, they can't even meet the basic requirement.
Old saying said, "A student spends 3 years to find a teacher. The teacher then spends 3 years to investigate that student. Both then start to have class 师访徒三年,徒访师三年".
The reason that
- student spends 3 years to find a teacher is to make sure that teacher has something worthwhile of learning.
- teacher spends 3 years to investigate that student is to make sure that student is a good person and has strong desire of learning.
Today, nobody does this anymore.
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