Posted by Ex-Instructor on August 11, 2002 at 09:36:42:
In Reply to: What should the responsibilities be of an instructor? posted by FERAL INSTINCT on August 11, 2002 at 02:16:44:
I don't think we owe them an 'unending debt'. It'd be a huge debt if our instructors were not making a livelihood off of us, but they are. I don't particularly think we owe them anything. It'd be like me saying, 'I owe Ford a huge debt' because I drive a Ford. It's just not the case. I paid for it, and it's mine, not Ford's. I owe them nothing. Same thing with my instructors. It was a win/win situation for both of us, and I owe them nothing.
That doesn't mean that I don't respect them. I do. But I do not OWE them respect. They have earned it, so I give it to them, but that's more because of their character, and not because of what they have given to me.
I think that, in today's society, we tend to get caught up in the whole martial 'ideal' culture. It doesn't exist.
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