Originally Posted by
fliers1
In one of those clubs I belonged to had a youngster who couldn't get a ride to the field because his parents only had one vehicle and both worked. Sooo, the kid would show up at the field with his 40 size airplane and all his equipment strapped down on a trailer attached to his bicycle.
Even though I had burned out from teaching and swore I would never teach again, I had no trouble at all spending time teaching that kid. He earned his wings on his 3rd lesson.
And that is the kind of person you want to teach. If he's willing to come up with a way to get to the field under those conditions, he'd be the person I'd be willing to work with since he's shown he has the desire to succeed.
As a side note, the wife and I belong to a square dance club. The club started a lesson series in January. Since the beginning of class, not one person has shown the willingness to make every lesson and yet, even though they haven't learned every move yet(there's only 65 to 70), they expect to be graduated and turned loose to dance when and where they want. Some think that what they learned will get them through as others will help them with what they don't know. WHAT WILL HAPPEN is they will soon be avoided because others won't want to have to drag them through just so they can dance as well. Does this sound familiar, kind of what happens at the field with the new people wanting to learn to fly?