A 7 month experiment ended in October. At the urging of some fellow teachers, I moved my studio to Sunset Plaza in April of 2009 to take advantage of a larger space so that I might teach classes. The location was perfect and generated a lot of new students. One drawback...it turned out that most of my students preferred individual lessons instead of classes. Truth be told--so do I. After some vacillating, I moved the studio back home the first full week of October.

It was a good experiment. I learned some of the benefits of the classroom setting. There really are some motivational elements that come into play in the group setting, but they weren't enough to justify staying for the long term. One can do well only what one is called to do, eh? Good experience.