This is the teacher's venting, yes? so please, to all the SOs, if you read this don't take it the wrong way...

I love dance, i love teaching, i love the kids i work with, i love the other teacher's at my studio, and my SO is a great person to work for. But what I don't like, rather what I hate, is how my SO can break my down so easily because of the stress they are under... just because you had a bad day, doesn't mean you can take it out on the rest of us. Parent complaints suck, but when a 13 year old child complains that they are not in the front row of one of your teacher's dances, and it happens year after year, realize what age group that teacher is dealing with and watch the class before you critisize that teacher.

Also, if you are trying to be kind hearted by trying to understand a teacher's personal life or otherwise, don't constantly ask a teacher how they "feel about something" when you see tears welling up in their eyes and they are saying it's fine. it means i had a bad day, i was trying to swallow it, and by everything you've said to me today you've made it worse. Asking me to share how i feel about it at that moment in time isn't going to make it any better

sorry everyone, i'm having quite a terrible week... and even though this happened a few weeks ago, it's still on my mind- that's how much i love my job, and my kids, and dance...