NASA-NE @ The Glen, September 15-16

[Maengelito]

Well. Here's my two cents since no one asked for it. When a student pays for an instructor, he shouldn't have to learn the track with an instructor. Granted all of Maeng's points are valid, it strikes me as a little unethical to have another person subsidize your learning curve. I don't see a problem paying for a track weekend on occasion.

i completely agree that if a student is paying to be taught, they should have someone that has a full understanding of what they're teaching. however, 1st session on saturday, you're not expecting the student to learn everything in that 25 minutes. you'll be lucky to get 5 laps in, let alone laps without traffic. in my particular situation, i had heard a lot of banter back and forth about "shenandoah is so hard and shenandoah isnt as hard as everyone says it is." its a very slow track, albeit technical, but not hard to pick up. i never felt like my student was off the pace of a normal learning curve because you really teach the basics at first to truly green students. but the concept of it i agree with andy.