- Aug 30, 2013
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I wanted to have someone else's opinion on this. So I turned to my fellow Fierceboarders to help me.
I've been doing Ballet for nine weeks now. At first, I did Jazz. But since my classmates were at a higher level than me (they had technique training), my old Jazz teacher told me that Ballet would be great for me.
There are only two people in my Ballet class. Me and this 24 year old girl. So you could imagine how much attention we both get. In fact, some people would thrive at the idea of only having one other person in their Ballet class. Here's where my problem comes in.
I've been wanting to do cheer since I was 12. I was supposed to start cheering for my middle school's cheer team (they're a competitive cheer team) when I was 12. But that year they were going to fly to Australia, which jacked up the fees by a couple thousand dollars. Here's where it gets really complicated. I'm from the U.S, but I've been living in New Zealand for 7 years now. My family is planning to move back to the U.S, and with immigration and stuff, it's quite expensive. So I couldn't cheer. In fact, I still can't cheer now and I'm 14. So I decided to take up dance until I could cheer.
My Ballet teacher was away for 3 weeks, so we had a substitute dance teacher. She was pretty easy on us, which was how I liked it and wanted dance to be. I don't really want to take dance seriously, because I want to do cheer. So after 3 weeks, my ballet teacher comes back. My fellow classmate isn't there. So it was basically a private ballet lesson. My ballet teacher pushes me to do better because she says that I have great turn outs and a great line. I usually overthink everything in ballet and it's not my dance teacher who's making me overthink, it's me! She asked me why do I think that I overthink things in ballet, and I replied and said that I know I could do better. But what I didn't tell her was that I don't really have the drive to do dance. At my first cheer lesson, I remembered I smiled throughout everything, even through conditioning, and I was so excited to be there and I couldn't wait to go to my next lesson. I don't act like this through dance, which makes me question whether I should even be doing it.
What do you think I should do? Sorry for the long life story, haha.
ETA: I've made a decision, but I want other people's opinion on my situation.
I've been doing Ballet for nine weeks now. At first, I did Jazz. But since my classmates were at a higher level than me (they had technique training), my old Jazz teacher told me that Ballet would be great for me.
There are only two people in my Ballet class. Me and this 24 year old girl. So you could imagine how much attention we both get. In fact, some people would thrive at the idea of only having one other person in their Ballet class. Here's where my problem comes in.
I've been wanting to do cheer since I was 12. I was supposed to start cheering for my middle school's cheer team (they're a competitive cheer team) when I was 12. But that year they were going to fly to Australia, which jacked up the fees by a couple thousand dollars. Here's where it gets really complicated. I'm from the U.S, but I've been living in New Zealand for 7 years now. My family is planning to move back to the U.S, and with immigration and stuff, it's quite expensive. So I couldn't cheer. In fact, I still can't cheer now and I'm 14. So I decided to take up dance until I could cheer.
My Ballet teacher was away for 3 weeks, so we had a substitute dance teacher. She was pretty easy on us, which was how I liked it and wanted dance to be. I don't really want to take dance seriously, because I want to do cheer. So after 3 weeks, my ballet teacher comes back. My fellow classmate isn't there. So it was basically a private ballet lesson. My ballet teacher pushes me to do better because she says that I have great turn outs and a great line. I usually overthink everything in ballet and it's not my dance teacher who's making me overthink, it's me! She asked me why do I think that I overthink things in ballet, and I replied and said that I know I could do better. But what I didn't tell her was that I don't really have the drive to do dance. At my first cheer lesson, I remembered I smiled throughout everything, even through conditioning, and I was so excited to be there and I couldn't wait to go to my next lesson. I don't act like this through dance, which makes me question whether I should even be doing it.
What do you think I should do? Sorry for the long life story, haha.
ETA: I've made a decision, but I want other people's opinion on my situation.
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