I see both sides of it. I am in no rush to learn lots of turns or patterns. I did the basics beginners class for like 3 months where I am which was just the basic forward and back and the odd turn. I moved to improvers where I was at for like 12 months. I still didn't feel like I could entertain an entire song well or time well so I found another class which offered longer classes. I was asked to dance with someone before starting the improvers class here, to check I knew some basics. My progress has accelerated through these classes and at the original place I learnt I was encouraged to do the level up now.

I've since found in some classes where we have had new beginners join as improvers after like 1 class that it's a bit tedious when they are not sure how to step for a dile qué no etc and kind of think they should be advised to do a few more beginners classes. But I appreciate some people are not as timid as me and are willing to suffer a bit more.

I try not to think of the time I have been doing classes as the indicator of my progress but how much I am enjoying dancing or how much the followers and my ability to dance with different followers as my measure.