Originally posted by MetalMike
If you go to a teacher, make sure he'll teach you what you want to learn. If he's trying to teach you "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"...run!

finding a good teacher is a difficult task because you have to REALIZE weather he is good or not. that can be very hard. for example i saw a teacher once who had two students with exactly the same problem. but to the one he said a completely different solution than to the other. i was like "WTF?? is this guy drunk??". but amazingly enought it worked for both of em! untill i realized that he did not see the problem on its own, but also searched for a solution for that SPECIFIC student. a solution that fits for one person might be a complete nonsense for another. SUCH a teacher is worth GOLD!