Progression of skill in anything is best measured by overall competence and mastery. Identifying that I’m better today than I was yesterday is a pretty good indication that I am on the correct path.
Where things start to get muddled is when we lose perspective and place more value on recognition than skill. In the martial arts we have belts and stripes to track progression. It is easy to get caught up in only focusing on your next rank instead of the skill the rank is supposed to represent. Anyone can train to test but that does not directly correlate to overall skill.
Recognizing that the journey is about progression of skill and not just recognition goes a long way in helping a student differentiate between knowledge and skill.
“Art is skill; that is the first meaning of the word.” - Eric Gill (1882 - 1940)
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