Re: [Callers] mentorship

Laurie: Your remarks don't contradict mine.   You emphasized "FEEDBACK"  and an individual's disposition to accept such.     I suggested that calling takes "40-100 hours practice over 10- 50 dance events needed to experience the various things that might go wrong or that one might do wrong, while having more experienced callers nearby to counsel one through the mishaps."  I certainly could/should have added that suggestions to aspiring callers can also come from dancers.   In our context, "counsel" and "feedback" seem synonymous.    But in any case,  a caller unwilling to accept/ponder such counsel (feedback) from callers and dancers will not improve.       Also you noted that some, after mentorship, classes, and support, still lack "the thing that callers make."  Can you explain what to you the missing "thing" is?     I suspect some of such persons either (1)  need closer to 50 experiences to master the necessary skills, and/or (2) have been unlucky to have well-meaning, but less effective counselors Michael Fuerst      802 N Broadway      Urbana IL 61801       217-239-5844 --- On Thu, 5/10/12, Laur <lcpgr(a)yahoo.com> wrote: From: Laur <lcpgr(a)yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Callers] mentorship To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net> Date: Thursday, May 10, 2012, 12:28 AM Michael, Trust me, I (and I'm sure others) have seen callers go through mentorship, classes, support, etc.  And - they do not have the thing that callers make.  Callers that are serious want and need feedback, the community, the mentoring and again FEEDBACK.  Those that are- seek and respond to this.  Those are nots - not.  They are into them and not into the rest.  So the caution is - callers that aren't into the caller community feedback mentorship ... lose.  and the community that has to dance to them, loses. Laurie P West MI ~ --- On Wed, 5/9/12, Michael Fuerst <mjerryfuerst(a)yahoo.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers