Parents

Posted by On the Flip Side (65.196.116.2) on November 07, 2006 at 18:46:05:

It's interesting to see the level of vehemence being directed toward dance teachers by parents of students in recent days.

I want to start a discussion topic on the parents of dance students. Especially here in the US, the push towards an arangetram is usually driven by parents, not the teacher. It is the parents who want to host lavish celebrations of their offspring's "accomplishment." It's not unheard of to hear of 30,000 to 50,000 dollars being spent on these parties. Hasn't all this gotten out of control? Parents need to stop competing with one another with who can throw the more lavish arangetram. All these parents who posted messages complaining about expenses - why is it so important for your child to have a lavish arangetram? Parents need to stop using dance as a way to show the "culture" learned by their children. Why not take that money and donate it to a good cause?

Also, parents push hard to see their children perform on stage even when the basics have not been learned. It's not about the art anymore and many teachers, unfortunately, don't have the guts to stand up to parents and their demands. It's time for parents to let teachers teach.

I'm looking forward to your thoughts...

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