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Originally Posted by asianthree
Our 12 year old grandaughter dances competition, which takes up 20 plus hours a week, and about five thousand dollars a year..yep lot of money, however this was not her problem...Tonight she needed to leave classes early due to homework and to study for an exam...she is in 7th grade, but takes two classes at the high school....instructor voiced her displeasure and told her she could not leave...She said i am sorry but i need to do this, and went out to the waiting room for me to pick her up...The young lady at the desk who is 24 told her dance was more important than homework....My grandaughter smiled and said i understand that was your decision, that dance was more important for you, but by the time I am your age I plan to be in medical school...so I am leaving early...so sad that people think that a good education for young girls is not important...
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And well you should be proud of her! Not many kids her age are that clear about the future. I suspect, though, that the issue was not that "a good education for young girls is not important," but rather that "dancing is more important than homework." I could be wrong, but that's how I see it.
P.S. Don't worry about the things you CAN change as well; just go ahead and work on changing them!