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<blockquote data-quote="OKSDC" data-source="post: 2037222" data-attributes="member: 26276"><p>I would have to say you will know who is in it for money and who is doing it out of the love of teaching firearms. When people start bundling in "range memberships" in order to increase costs, that should be pretty telling, however, there are some good "salesmanship" out there that could sell water rights in the Sahara desert and really just take advantage of your lack of knowledge on the subject.</p><p></p><p>In my case, I tell everyone that I became a CLEET L.E. Firearms Instructor at first to just have another accomplishment in my life, but soon found while adjunct instructing at CLEET academies, as well as training officers at my department, that I enjoy taking any shooter and teaching them that anyone can be a proficient shooter if they learn the basic fundamentals of shooting and you as an instructor can develop the skills in the shooter to apply those principles. There is no such thing as a "born shooter" and it is only about mastering and applying the 6 basic fundamentals of shooting every shot. Really is that simple. </p><p></p><p>I saw way too many people going to the range, loading up a magazine full of rounds, then just aimlessly slapping the trigger and then leave believing they accomplished something. These are the same people that had just received a carry license and was taught nothing about marksmanship or handgun skills. It's not the students fault they didn't learn anything, but is the instructors' fault for spending the class talking about how great a shooter they are and expecting that to develop their students. Just because you can shoot, that doesn't mean it translates into being a good instructor. After a year of putting it off and just helping people I knew or came across while at the range, I decided if I wanted it to change, I needed to go out there and teach the public the same things I teach our officers across the state. Because of this, I measure my success at running this business not on the money we make, even though it does matter to a degree as it is a lot of your time away from your family and anyone who says otherwise is lying, but I measure success primarily in how well I developed you as a shooter when you leave my class.</p><p></p><p>I bet there are several on here who have similar stories. However, it's a shame that we even have to spend time discussing it to begin with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OKSDC, post: 2037222, member: 26276"] I would have to say you will know who is in it for money and who is doing it out of the love of teaching firearms. When people start bundling in "range memberships" in order to increase costs, that should be pretty telling, however, there are some good "salesmanship" out there that could sell water rights in the Sahara desert and really just take advantage of your lack of knowledge on the subject. In my case, I tell everyone that I became a CLEET L.E. Firearms Instructor at first to just have another accomplishment in my life, but soon found while adjunct instructing at CLEET academies, as well as training officers at my department, that I enjoy taking any shooter and teaching them that anyone can be a proficient shooter if they learn the basic fundamentals of shooting and you as an instructor can develop the skills in the shooter to apply those principles. There is no such thing as a "born shooter" and it is only about mastering and applying the 6 basic fundamentals of shooting every shot. Really is that simple. I saw way too many people going to the range, loading up a magazine full of rounds, then just aimlessly slapping the trigger and then leave believing they accomplished something. These are the same people that had just received a carry license and was taught nothing about marksmanship or handgun skills. It's not the students fault they didn't learn anything, but is the instructors' fault for spending the class talking about how great a shooter they are and expecting that to develop their students. Just because you can shoot, that doesn't mean it translates into being a good instructor. After a year of putting it off and just helping people I knew or came across while at the range, I decided if I wanted it to change, I needed to go out there and teach the public the same things I teach our officers across the state. Because of this, I measure my success at running this business not on the money we make, even though it does matter to a degree as it is a lot of your time away from your family and anyone who says otherwise is lying, but I measure success primarily in how well I developed you as a shooter when you leave my class. I bet there are several on here who have similar stories. However, it's a shame that we even have to spend time discussing it to begin with. [/QUOTE]
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