Wow. OK...
I very specifically said I didn't mean it abrasive, just that it sounded like a lot.
1. I obviously do not think your child goes to the Joffrey (and didn't say she does, nor did I ask where she goes - purposely, because I assumed if you wanted to say, you woudl). I was comparing it to something that I knew of intimately, and was trying to be nice and assume that since I know your child is a fairly serious dancer that she would be at an intensive that was of that caliber. NOT comparing it to where I work or where my daughter goes, because I didn't think she'd be at a studio like that, based on your posts. I feel like the Joffrey offers one of the top dance educations, so I figure if they're not charging that much... It's kinda like when people post that their gym, Bob's Allstars of Podunkville, charges $200 per month for tuition, I think that's crazy, when places like cheer athletics and CEA are charging way less for top of the line coaching.
2. While yes, my daughter did just start dance, I danced for almost 20 years in my youth. This isn't the first group of dancers I've ever met. Even if it was, it doesn't take "years" to find out how much something costs. You'll notice I did not mention my job or my daughter in either of my posts - because both of those had ZERO to do with what I was saying.
3. You were actually the one that started the contest about who pays more - you're the one that posted that you paid $4500 for her SI, and that's obviously so much more. Seems like you're the one trying to win a prize - I never said anything about how much I spend.
4. When I said you can't compare a pre pro dancer with a youth 2 team, I was saying exactly what you said - dance starts off cheaper, and gets more intense, competitive, and expensive; cheer starts off expensive and stays that way. A summer intensive and monthly tuition are VERY different, as you yourself stated - your monthly tuition is apparently $400. That would have been a more equitable comparison.
5. I didn't ask you to care where I live. I was addressing the poster who said tuition is so high in some places because leasing space is expensive in those areas. I was merely saying I also live somewhere costly and I don't find tuition here to be so high.
6. I don't need to check a dance mom site. I can see clear as day how much they cost. $4500 is a lot.
7. You are way too offended over someone saying that's a lot of money for a summer intensive, when some of the top dance schools in the country are charging half as much.
Funny that your original point was that dance is expensive, more so than cheer (I believe you said compared to the $4500, $400 is cheap! or something like that) ... And now that I've said, "wow, that IS expensive!" you want to be all offended. Make up your mind...
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