I am beginning to ha

I am beginning to have doubts about my current teacher. She is trained to Grade 8 standard and at the music school where I go, you are not allowed to be employed uniess you are Grade 8. However, I am not entirely sure I agree with her teaching methods. I also realise it is also down to the student to put in the effort, or however good the teacher, you will not get anywhere. I have been learning for just over two years and when I do things wrong my teacher corrects me, but does not go over why I am making the mistakes I am makking. I am fine with time signature, scales, aural, but the thing I am weakest on is sight reading. I seem to have a mental block with some notes and she does not seem to want to get to the bottom of why and how we can correct it so I can sight read with ease. I have just taken my Grade 1 which I am waiting for the results of. I think maybe I should find another teacher because I do not want to be soft soaped. I want to have a teacher who questions me in what I do. Having done some research, I have an appointment with a music director who also teaches the piano and he has a degree in music and has been teaching pupils of all levels for 20 years. This teacher is a church organist as well as a piano teacher so he is of a very good standard and the church he plays in has a large pipe organ, so you can see he is top notch. Does it really matter if your teacher has a degree or not when you look for a good teacher? This teacher charges a little bit less than what I am paying now and to be honest I really do not feel I am getting good value for money where I am at.