Students
Attended a talk today by a visiting professor who shared his system for managing a large research group. To conclude his talk, he mentions briefly how proud he usually feels to know that his students are doing well in their careers.
I guess, despite my limited experience at teaching, I also feel the same way about my students. It’s extremely gratifying to see the progress from a rank beginner to someone who can hold his/her own on the dance floor. Throughout this process, it’s great knowing that you have played – no matter big or small – a part.
An almost-great leader
Prompted by Royce’s blog entry on a great follower, I decided to jot down what I consider to be the essential qualities of a great leader. However, this is more of an extrapolation of my personal experiences, so my objective is to depict an attainable (and practical) target for leaders to aspire to. By the way, this is both my personal goal as well as what I try to convey to those whom I have had the pleasure to teach.
Tango images
This link was mentioned in the Tango-L list today. Really beautiful images of Tango: no flashy steps, no young/sexy dancers and, hey, maybe not even one person under 50 out of those photographed, but the concentration, the focus, the feelings, the essence of Tango…
These are very much the types of images I hope to be able to produce in future – not just of Tango of course. 🙂
Unwarranted attention
Frankly I am more of a reserved type and have never been one to seek the lime light. However, with increasing amount of time spent on Tango in an instructional role, i.e. initiated a guided practica session as well as taking over (temporarily) recently a Tango class while the usual instructors went on holidays, all of a sudden I am standing out from the crowd. As a result, nowadays I cannot but help feeling that whenever I take to the dance floor, certain amount of attention will be directed at me and my teaching partner.