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One of my great pet peeves in life are "intermediate" level people. The two places I've really noticed this are bridge and dancing, but I'm pretty sure it's universally true.
Beginners tend to know that they are beginners, want to learn, aren't too upset when they fail, and take corrections with good grace. Advanced-level people have nothing left to prove, and so tend to be helpful to those who aren't at their level, and gracious when something doesn't go their way.
Intermediate-level people a desperately trying to believe that they are better than they are, offer questionable advice, blame others, and get upset when something goes against them. In bridge this manifests itself as asking annoying questions, ridiculous director calls, and petty sniping. In dancing this manifests itself as offering deeply questionable advice, and acting huffy when a follower doesn't know a move and thus messes it up.
This doesn't apply to people who are passing through intermediate on their way to advanced, just those who have been mired in the middle for a long time. People need to be more chill about life; that's my conclusion.
Beginners tend to know that they are beginners, want to learn, aren't too upset when they fail, and take corrections with good grace. Advanced-level people have nothing left to prove, and so tend to be helpful to those who aren't at their level, and gracious when something doesn't go their way.
Intermediate-level people a desperately trying to believe that they are better than they are, offer questionable advice, blame others, and get upset when something goes against them. In bridge this manifests itself as asking annoying questions, ridiculous director calls, and petty sniping. In dancing this manifests itself as offering deeply questionable advice, and acting huffy when a follower doesn't know a move and thus messes it up.
This doesn't apply to people who are passing through intermediate on their way to advanced, just those who have been mired in the middle for a long time. People need to be more chill about life; that's my conclusion.