Bad teacher or sensitive student?

Do I have a bad teacher or am I saying this to myself to feel better?

I've been learning music (vocal) for almost a year now. Lessons are conducted online by a lady (very experienced, 60+ in age). I attend one class for 1 hour per week.

In this period, I have been struggling to get some basic concepts right. I understand that practice is key and I am willing to put the effort. Last class, I made some mistakes in maintaining the scale and she started yelling at me, pointing out how bad I am. I made a mistake, yes but I obviously didn't intend to. I am struggling to understand/ notice when I go wrong to correct myself. So I asked her if she could give me exercises to rectify these mistakes because practicing on my own is not going to help when I don't know why/ when the mistake is occuring. To that, she said I shouldn't be blaming her for not giving me exercises and instead just focus on practicing the same thing repeatedly.

Again, I don't know why she thought I was blaming her when I merely requested for exercises that could help me practice effectively. I'm starting to feel bogged down by the close to zero progress after one year of classes and the yelling. I don't know if I am being overly sensitive here or if this type of teaching is not ok.

Reddit, what do you think about this?

Submitted October 18, 2020 at 03:09AM by sad_jam https://ift.tt/3dFDurQ