The 2-day LO-Systems Thinking course I'm attending turned out to be somewhat of a disappointment. After the CDD officer who recommended it heaped praise on the trainer some 2 weeks ago, I kinda expected this really good trainer, but on the contrary, I really don't quite like her. Dunno why, but it does disturb me when I find myself disliking ppl, cos I deem myself a pretty agreeable person. So towards the end of the course today I was like drifting away and wondering in my head, why do I not like her...? This trainer is supposedly pretty popular, having coached numerous organisations; and has previously even out-sourced her own expertise in this area to the govt of Botswana. And I have to give her some credit for being pretty eloquent and being a good presenter. But it was really surprising for me to find out that she was rather demoralising (several times during the session when participants answered the questions she posed, sometimes instead of being encouraging, she somewhat put down answers she wasn't looking for and appeared to be only seeking 'correct answers' she had in mind). During a Q&A towards the end of the day, when one participant highlighted the similarity btwn another systems theory she learnt and the one the trainer was teaching, the trainer appeared pretty defensive about the superiority of the sch of thought she was introducing to the class and in my opinion was unable to conceal her annoyance when such comparisons were made.. as if other theories would poison/pollute what she had taught for the day! Thought it was rather unprofessional and immature for (SUCH) an experienced trainer to react/ respond the way she did, cos in the first place shouldn't the trainer be encouraging and open such that all the participants feel comfortable learning and questioning what was being taught to them?

The ideas introduced are actually fairly interesting, but unfortunately I have a rather unfathomable dislike for the trainer, who also happens to have this plastered-on fake smile at times. How, no incentive to attend tmr...! Hai, perhaps I should be more mature and give the course another chance :P