Luckily I am having little problems with the parents this year but unfortunately I am having major problems with the kids. How come a dancer in high school who has only been taking dance seriously for 2 1/2 years thinks it's unfair when an older & stronger dancer who has been training seriously and competing since the age of 9 gets placed in the front row of dances (as well as being cast in more dances all together)! It's great that she has been working for the past 2 years & I am encouraging her to continue the hard work but you can't make up for the past 8 years in 2! Why don't kids get that. All of a sudden they decide they want to work hard & I am supposed to highlight them in my competition dances. I don't think so! They are still behind the other dancers. And how fair would it be to the girls who have put so much time & effort into dancing for the past 8-9 years if they got bumped out of dances that they are more prepared for!!

I also love it when kids don't want to work at all but when they don't get put in a piece, I'm the horrible person & have to hear about it from everyone. Maybe if you would get off your butt, come to class, & put even a little effort into it you would be in those dances. I don't care that you are a junior in high school...if a 10 year old dances better than you, she will be dancing in front of you! I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings but it hurts my feelings (and makes me sick to my stomach) to watch you do everything half way all the time!

How come kids these days are so lazy. They want everything handed to them. I have owned my studio for the past 5 years so I have a lot of the same kids I started with but I never remember thinking everything just gets handed to you. I'm not saying I didn't have my lazy days (everyone does) but never like some of these kids!

Wow...i like this thread!! I feel better now