Genius or Gimmick? The Taubman Method Debate

As many of you know, I have great respect for the Taubman Method, and parts of my own approach share similarities with it. Still, like anything else, it can be either a remedy or a poison—depending on how, when it’s applied, and how talented and open-minded is a particular teacher.

𝐔𝐏𝐃: 𝐀𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟏 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐡 𝐘𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡. 𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 - 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 - 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫, 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨-𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫, 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫.

While I take the article below with a grain of salt, I must admit many points raised are well-argued and definitely worth reflecting on—especially if we want to avoid tunnel vision and keep a broader perspective.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t find the original source or identify the author, and I can’t confirm whether this upload was shared with their consent. If you happen to know who wrote it, please let me know in the comments.

Enjoy the read—and think critically!

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