dance class now has crazy rules also
By poppoppop111
@poppoppop111 (5731)
Canada
September 6, 2007 7:31am CST
my daughter will be starting her second year of dance class today. the teacher has put in all new flooring and she is expecting the 3-4 year old kids to stay on a little plexy glass square and and dance on that so they don't ruin the floor. if they don't stay on their square and if the touch the floor at all they have to go sit outside with their parents. this is reduculous. it's a dance studio. if the kids can't dance on the dance floor cause it's new she shouldn't of replaced the floor. i pay for my kid to dance and not to sit with me outside. anyway instead of paying for the entire year i decided to pay month to month this year and i will be pulling her out if the teacher gives her a hard time.
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@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
6 Sep 07
Thatsounds kind of strange but at least she is not expecting the 3 and 4 yo to have mastered the art of levitation.
Why is it that only the 3 & 4 year olds are limited to the plexiglas? It would seem to me that the larger the kid the more the damage.
At this age, dancing should be fun and punishing a kid for dancing on the floor of a dance studio seems counterproductive to me.
What kind of dance class is this....tap?
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@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
6 Sep 07
If that is a properly finished hardwood floor, there should not be a problem. It should have several tough coats of poly on it...when it needs to be redone just sand and refinish.
I had friends as a kid who tapped danced all over their house and their floors suffered no ill effects. I would be more concerned about those women in their stiletto heels then the taps on the shoes.
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@poppoppop111 (5731)
• Canada
6 Sep 07
i'm not sure if it's just the younger kids or not that have to stay on the plexy glass.
it's a jazz and tap class. so for half the class they do wear tap shoes.
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@danishcanadian (28954)
• Canada
7 Sep 07
What the heck was that about? As I said before in your thread about school rules, you and the other parents need to get together and form a protest!! You all need to tell the teacher that these rules are crazy, and that a floor is to be danced on.
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@sizzle3000 (3036)
• United States
6 Sep 07
I find this strange too. If you are paying for the leasons and it is a dance studio than the instructor should no that the floor is going to be danced on. The other thing is that I would not pay for leasons that my daughter did not take. My daughter took dance when she was in elementry school too. However, the class was held in the school gym. I have some very good pictures of my daughters dance class. She hates when I pull them out to show her friends. I do it any way. I also agree that if she is not having fun that she should not go. Give her a few classes to see if the teacher gets better and then tell the teacher that you are not paying for leasons. I also do not understand how you can put kids on a square because the dance usually calls for the kids to move around and not stand in one place. Good luck and I hope the teacher changes her mind and this is just till the floor dries or something.
@sunshine4 (8703)
• United States
6 Sep 07
I can understand why you would be upset about this, but in order for children to learn in dance, they have to be able to listen and follow rules. Maybe the teacher is just doing this temporarily to get the girls to realize that dance is serious stuff, not all fun and games. I know when my daughter took dance, the teacher wasn't very firm with them and some of the girls just ran wild. Maybe this is her way to put more control into her lessons.
If you are upset with this, talk to the teacher. She may have a great reason for inforcing this new rule.
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@poppoppop111 (5731)
• Canada
6 Sep 07
she told me that her reasoning was not to ruin the new floor. she wants to keep it new as long as possible so she doesn't want people dancing on the actual floor. it's not that i'm upset. i just think if my little girl goes off the plexy glass for a sec and gets put in time out i don't think that's fair. she's just little and might go off of it while dancing and not really realize right away and i'm paying a lot for her to go dance there and i don't want to waste my money while she sits in time out for going on the floor. that's when i will get upset about it
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@sunshine4 (8703)
• United States
6 Sep 07
If this is the case, it is rediculous! If my daughter were sent out to sit with me once, I would be out of there and never return.
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@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
6 Sep 07
Hi poppoppop111,
Have you talked to this teacher? I can't believe it, what can these kids do by dancing on the floor? Now I can see if they walk on it in street shoes, but in their dance shoes they aren't allowed? I don't get it, I would pull her out if she can't use the dance floor..
@poppoppop111 (5731)
• Canada
6 Sep 07
i'm not sure what the problem is. i guess it's a new floor and she wants to keep it new. but it's a dance floor for dancing but anyway if she gives us a hard time i will definately sing her up for another school where she can actually dance on the floor.
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@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
24 Jan 09
Wow, now here is a friend I haven't seen in a lonnnggg time...Thanks for the BR.
@keepermykitty (2573)
• Canada
13 Dec 07
Thats completley reasonable , I don`t blame you one bit , where does that teacher come off asking for money from the parents if they can`t watch their child enjoy themselves .
She`s just rude and shouldn`t be teaching kids at all , if you ask me ...
I hope this lady lightens up some on the kids , or atleast leave her position before she gives these kids a COMPLEX ...
That they will live with for the rest of their little lives ...
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
8 Sep 07
Has this woman lost her mind? What in the world did she get the floor done for then if she "can't" dance on it? Makes no sense at all and I'd be the first parent to tell her so. YOUR money helped pay for that floor so if your daughter steps or dances on it, you did help pay for it. I don't think I'd be there one more minute and find some where else to take her. There has to be other dances studios around with less paranoid instructors. Geeze. Really. Give me a break.
