I read your response and I'm glad you took the time to review my note to you. However, it seems like you're abit overwhelm, confused, unsure, and not really ready to take that "BIG STEP" and you're entitled to be and feel that way, but why don't you take some "you" time to figure what you feel is a right-now need compared to a need-you-desire;and maybe with that being said then you don't have to rush into anything to immediately and that way the is no later regrets. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME...

i want to say something on this ! i have been to lots of studios with people that had a very very experienced background and with some people that have been champions in the competive area of dancing ! and have seen that they did not sell a lot !
in the other part i have seen dance studios with instructors that only have a Bronze in American style and have so much Work and sell a lot of their programs !
and ofcaurse they continue going there !
why ? i believe that the 70% or 80% of the people that want to learn to dance don't know the diference of ISTD Than A B C D !
some even know that the teacher is not so experienced and they continue going there ask them to teach them ? why do they want an instructor with not so great background ?
i believe that it is Because it's Art ! All u need is the (Basics - and Style ) offcaurse u must learn how to dance ! but it all has to do with the inside and most people can see that !

There is certainly a kernel of truth in some of what you say .

Social dance has alwys ben the " bread and butter " of any well run school .

However-- As a pro of many yrs, I could not begin to tell you, how many other students i would have lost, were I not equipped to teach at more advanced levels .

Good teachers recognise the driving force behind the average student. It is incumbent upon me , to steer them in the right direction.

Selling is not teaching.

But teaching IS selling -- every time we demonstrate, or promote our next class-- we are selling-- selling ourselves thru an indirect method, yes-- but selling non the less .