Taking on a student from another teacher can be challenging, especially if you have a very different teaching style from that of your predecessor. The student and their parents may have built up a strong rapport with the previous teacher, and it can take a while to build an equally positive relationship.
Things can be even more problematic if you consider the standard of the previous teaching to have been poor. How can you improve things without demoralising the student?
Things can be even more problematic if you consider the standard of the previous teaching to have been poor. How can you improve things without demoralising the student?

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