If I were a vocal coach and someone with very poor ability came to me I would teach them yes if they insisted but point out that they were wasting both their time and money. I would feel bad dishonest and a fake if I did not. A vocal coach I think should have the qualifications, obligations and right to do this.

Let me make this perfectly clear: it is my JOB to take someone with "very poor ability" and show them the path to having "very good ability". That is exactly what I do. The students in my studio come *not* being able to sing and leave *being able to sing*. If they did *not* leave being able to sing then I would not be doing my job, and I would be ethically & morally wrong for taking money from people who I did not have the ability to teach. I have the integrity to say to my students, if you cannot sing, it is *my* problem, not yours, and if you are willing put your trust in me and if you are committed to the process, together we will find a path to your voice. I would not have much pride in myself or my work if I permitted my students to leave here thinking they could sing when they could not.

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