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Originally Posted by JoaNor

Luckily, my school is a lot more serious than this school appears to be...

Now, this all depends on what type of school you're going to, doesn't it? My school teaches all aspects of TaeKwonDo (Except for Trad. Hanja writing and understanding), so you can't say schools only teach some aspects of TKD.
What I believe makes a good TKD school is:
They teach all/most aspects of TKD (Meditation, Self Defense, Poomsae etc.)
The teacher(s) is/are trained & certified by KukkiWon
The teacher must be good at the art (Well known around the province/country)
The teachers must be strict, and make the practitioners respect the art and its history.
The students must pass some tests before they are allowed to join the school, and only the ones who pass all the tests are allowed to join the club. (e.g. Fitness test and strength test - etc)
The school teaches ONLY ONE ART (Even though HapKiDo and TKD go hand in hand, they should not be practiced as a combination)
---- I'll add more later, I gotta go to class

I think this going a bit to far for the average person off the street. I'm sure all that is good stuff but, myself and 99% of non TKD practioners don't know what a KukkiWon is, but it sounds delicious . You should be able to walk into a school and off the bat know if it's a good place to train just by watching the training methods of the other students. Also I don't think requiring meditation is a smart idea for any art, I know that it's not a religious thing but, most people don't take a MA for the meditation. You have to realize you're a fanatic about your MA most people aren't. If you focus your school towards the fanatics you'll produce a good product but, only have two or three students at most and make no money. The converse of that is a black belt factory which no one wants either so you have to find a balance.