Ever wondered why of all the many kids interested to take violin lessons, only a few handful survive? I’m not sure if it’s just me or other violin teachers have also noticed this… that some of us (violin teachers) are so good with playing the violin - - and so bad at teaching it. Some violin or music teachers for that matter are so engrossed with just simply starting with the lesson right away without even considering the fact that people - more so, children - have different learning styles and different abilities. Thus, teachers think that what method works for this kid can and will very well work for that kid.
I think its best for any music teacher (if we are to do our job the nobler way by instilling love, appreciation and skill in music in our students) to pause for a while, assess how this child is different from that, how this child responds to this mental/musical stimulant differently from others, and employ our intuition on how one child learns best with what approach.
If we apply one approach to all kids (who may naturally have different response to the same teaching-learning stimulus) we are bound to be successful in teaching some, while soliciting indifferent response from others. Well, if truth be told, these kids are not really uninterested, dumb, untalented (or whatever excuse any teacher may come up with for a violin student of two-years who still can’t play the Twinkle theme.) These unresponsive, indifferent kids simply have a different way of learning from their music teachers. The more you pound on these kids, the more they (as students) and you (as the teacher) become frustrated if the desired results are not met. The more frustrated you become on your student, the less enthusiasm you get with teaching them. The more frustrated they become at their inability to learn or play, the more they drop-out of violin lesson.