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t’s partly my own experience of learning as an older ringer that makes me so passionate about making sure that others I see with the same faults are made aware of them and encouraged to correct them. — Corinne Orde

As an older learner who has ended up teaching myself (because there was nobody else to do it), I think we have a special insight into the challenges facing other older learners - although I've taught young 'uns as well, which is very enjoyable. My observation is it's often the "best" ringer in the tower that ends up teaching. That's great if they like doing it and are good at it, but often they aren't, and end up getting frustrated, usually because they struggle to understand why learners struggle.

I think we need to move away from the default "One person teaches everything from handling to Surprise" and recognise that you don't need to be a black zone ringer to teach handling. The time and skills of advanced ringers is precious, they are better used teaching advanced ringing.