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Date Posted: 11:35:12 12/19/25 Fri
Author: This ones is for you. More inside.
Subject: To the person defending the unqualified, so called teachers.
In reply to: punchline 's message, "How long have you had your exams?" on 08:57:25 12/19/25 Fri

This argument conflates experience, opinion, and ego with professional qualification and that confusion is precisely the problem.

Exams do not exist to flatter ability or intimidate the unprepared; they exist to formally establish teaching competence. Until a dancer receives recognition from a governing body through a TCRG, they are not a teacher they are a choreographer. One may be an exceptional choreographer, even the best in the world, and still be unqualified to teach. Teaching is a profession, not a byproduct of longevity or self assessment.

Knowledge alone is irrelevant if it is untested. Irish dance can be studied academically; people outside the competitive dance world can possess vast historical and technical knowledge. That does not make them teachers. The exam exists to test not only choreography, but preparation, structure, pedagogy, and responsibility. If that knowledge has not been formally examined, it carries no professional weight.

Claiming to have been around long enough to see trends change as you claim to have been, while still dismissing the importance of a TCRG only proves the opposite point: time spent in dance does not equal teaching competence. Longevity without accountability says a great deal about priorities and none of it flattering.

The cost and difficulty of exams are not revelations. Irish dance has always been expensive. Anyone old enough to teach is fully aware of this reality and has had years to prepare financially and academically. Dancers are expected to memorize, prepare, and perform under pressure; teachers should be held to no lower standard. If someone cannot, or will not, prepare to pass the exam, they should not be entrusted with preparing students. A lack of commitment to professional qualification signals a lack of commitment to students and school alike.

Certification does not claim to make someone a perfect teacher, it establishes a baseline of competence. That is precisely why it matters. Dismissing exams while continuing to use the title teacher mocks both the profession and those who have met its requirements. It reduces teaching to ego driven choreography and undermines those who have done the work to earn formal recognition.

Finally, passing a teaching exam has nothing to do with adjudication eligibility, open platform frequently allow unqualified individuals to judge, further exposing their lack of standards and credibility. This is not an argument against exams, it is further evidence of why they are necessary.

In short, experience does not replace qualification, knowledge without testing is meaningless, and choreography is not teaching. If certification is not a goal, then the title teacher is being misused, and that misuse speaks volumes.

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That's a lot of words to prove that you don't know what you're talking about. (NT) -- sorry., 20:14:13 12/19/25 Fri
- And you do? That person clearly knew what they were talking about unlike you (NT) -- No TCRG not a teacher it's that SIMPLE., 23:56:10 12/19/25 Fri
  - Absurd that the poster backing up unqualified teachers has their TCRG but doesnt want that for others -- Do as I say not as I do comes to mind. Such a strange attitude from a TC. More., 08:06:55 12/20/25 Sat
    - I didn't say I didn't want people to take their exams. I simply sympathized with those who didn't, understanding there are many reasons people don't. -- no problem., 14:02:18 12/20/25 Sat
Or maybe, people who have spent a long time in Irish dance see the big picture a bit better... (NT) -- an idea, 14:06:55 12/20/25 Sat
- Hello darling, your lack of knowledge and insecurities are showing so I am back with A LOT MORE WORDS -- Just for you. Maybe help you understand a little better. More inside for you my TCRG., 14:58:51 12/20/25 Sat
  - You can't say Irish dance has never been one size fits all and then say teachers are only people with TCRGs. -- ..., 19:47:05 12/20/25 Sat
    - I can and I will say what I want thank you. It is your lack of comprehension that is an issue. -- But I see you are struggling to understand, so a simple explanation for you inside., 02:12:55 12/21/25 Sun
- To the sympathiser. You obviously work with unqualified teachers (NT) -- It's not anyone else's fault they cant be bothered. Earn the title before using it, 15:18:46 12/20/25 Sat
  - If you made that bet you would lose. (NT) -- Sorry, 20:04:40 12/20/25 Sat
    - Yes right. No TCRG not a teacher they never will be by the sound of it. (NT) -- You sound like one of those disgusting old teachers from CLRG.Think you need to be re-examined, 23:33:05 12/20/25 Sat
      - I think this is the who is always going on about CLRG. Thinks they're better than everyone else (NT) -- The do as i say not as i do one. Ones who slated OP years ago and now here they are. Pathetic, 22:44:45 12/23/25 Tue

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