Thanks for the responses
This is a small class and in the past the head instructor has been lax on his discipline of the class. While he has some adult black belts they aren't always there for the earlier younger classes so he has to handle it alone. In this case I believe what happened was one of the BBs was teaching filling in for the head instructor.
I have discussed the students lack of discipline before with my friend who is the parent I spoke of, and I've seen it first hand when I have filled in for the head instructor. In fact I felt if I didn't say anything (after the last time I filled in for him) to the head instructor than I was being part of the problem by just washing my hands of the situation and saying "well it's not my class". So why this (lack of discipline) is a problem I think is a whole other thread.
However what I wanted to see is was I alone in my beliefs that parents should not interfere with a class, even if they see their child or another child acting up. Which from reading the responses on the thread so far I think for the most part everyone agrees that they shouldn't. I also thought it was important to see what instructors think and what parents and students think as well on the issue.
Mark
Searcher asked if there were any assistant instructors.
The class is at a rec center and at the time there were no assigned assistant instructors (that I know of). However there were young black belts, brown belts and a red belt in the class at the time. The instructor was working with the black belts after assigning the other students their tasks.
This is a small class and in the past the head instructor has been lax on his discipline of the class. While he has some adult black belts they aren't always there for the earlier younger classes so he has to handle it alone. In this case I believe what happened was one of the BBs was teaching filling in for the head instructor.
I have discussed the students lack of discipline before with my friend who is the parent I spoke of, and I've seen it first hand when I have filled in for the head instructor. In fact I felt if I didn't say anything (after the last time I filled in for him) to the head instructor than I was being part of the problem by just washing my hands of the situation and saying "well it's not my class". So why this (lack of discipline) is a problem I think is a whole other thread.
However what I wanted to see is was I alone in my beliefs that parents should not interfere with a class, even if they see their child or another child acting up. Which from reading the responses on the thread so far I think for the most part everyone agrees that they shouldn't. I also thought it was important to see what instructors think and what parents and students think as well on the issue.
Mark