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Well since I am a Independant, I will say parent/ student comes first.
You no longer promote through Kukkiwon?
between organizations and parents/students where do you see your greater obligation?
What I forgot to mention, in those middle color ranks, I have noticed a lot of students hitting some sort of a plateau, be it burn out or boredom, having been in the same class for over a half a year...how is adding to that time span going to help retention?
between organizations and parents/students where do you see your greater obligation?
I am keeping it a bit vague for now, I will put some meat into this in a little bit, but first I want to hear your untainted opinions!
Unless the parents are my students, then my students first. Parents certainly should be listened to and treated respectfully, but ultimately, they should not be running your school.between organizations and parents/students where do you see your greater obligation?
I am keeping it a bit vague for now, I will put some meat into this in a little bit, but first I want to hear your untainted opinions!
QFT!!To answer the OP, The obligations are IMO first to the students (not the parents)
I do not not belong to a "controlling" organization. We answer to our Kwan Jang Nim and teach his curriculum, but we do not pay him other than testing fees.. . We also belong to the USTW, which is a non-profit organization for the preservation of TRADITIONAL TKD arts. Again, not something that demands money or changes what you do in the dojang.
I say that my first obligation is to the student. For the children in my class, I cannot and will not sacrifice the way I conduct my class because of parents' opinions. I teach traditional TKD, not the parents' version of TKD. Certainly I am very respectful to the younger students' parents, because they deserve it. However, they have little to no say in what goes on in and during class. 99% of the parents are fine with that, and unfortunately for the 1% of the student population that have parents that wish to control what goes on in class, those parents pull their students and look for a school or different activity that they have more say in. I'm totally okay with that.
I personally believe you priorities are simple if you know where your loyalty lies. For me, my loyalty is to my art, plain and simple. I will not sacrifice my loyalty to MDK TKD, for organizations, parents, or students. I have a career outside of TKD, so I have the luxury of keeping a small student population. We've seen our school have 150 students (back in the 80's and 90's) and now we're closer to 60 students.
I personally think it's because alot of today's generation don't wanna work for anything.. . They've grown up in a society that includes everyone and everyone gets a trophy.. . NOT IN MY DOJANG.
Obviously I have to change somewhat with cultural shifts.. . We can't be as hardcore in class as it was back in the 70's and 80's, we'd undoubtedly get sued.. . haha! But within reason, my loyalty is to the tradition that was passed down to me.
Well, since you kept it vague, I jhave to answer by saying you have different obligations. It may be difficult to say which is greater.
If you represent yourself to be part of an organization, then you have an obligation to adhere to that org's standards and practices. If the students want something else and you feel that obligation is paramount, then you have an obligation to leave the org.