When are we no longer beginners?
What do you think the cutoff is? Is it years of experience, LTS level, getting tested, doing competitions, acquiring some combination of skills? I'm curious if there is any kind of consensus.
Where are you at in your own journey, do you think of yourself as a beginner, and when would you think of someone else as no longer a beginner?
I'm about 4 years in as an adult learner, LTS FS5 (though they passed me / moved me along without having all my spins), Dance 6+ (learning bronze level dance patterns but not to bronze level quality standards). Haven't tested yet.
Still a beginner in my own mind but definitely not in the minds of recreational skaters (I'm a big fish in the small pond of public sessions LOL)
I feel like testing is an objective measure of when someone is no longer a beginner. But then there are people who have tested and forgotten or lost their skills, and people who have never tested but have those same skills. 🤷♂️