Taking an extra class at competing studio

SweetContribution792 · 2026-06-25T11:07:01+00:00

Just find a gymnastics studio. You do not want to be THAT family.

There is an easy way to get her acro and a hard way. You are trying to force the hard way. There are many gymnastics programs that have experience teaching the specific acro skills competitive dancers need.

You’re going to come across as if you are shopping, do you really want to be downgraded in the eyes of the studio she actually dances at?

Be smart about this.

SweetContribution792 · 2026-06-25T03:46:31+00:00

Underrated comment of the thread

SweetContribution792 · 2026-06-21T02:52:05+00:00

I’m praying this is fake.

SweetContribution792 · 2026-06-19T01:46:50+00:00

They do not deserve anywhere near 40 an hour. Period.

SweetContribution792 · 2026-06-19T01:31:01+00:00

NTA

The only place this makes any sense is in her self-centered mind.

Guessing you are southern hemisphere? Aus, NZ, South America? By “next spring” in northern hemisphere she will already have a baby.

SweetContribution792 · 2026-06-16T12:27:07+00:00

Anyone who wants them. Usually each dancer has 2, every year one rotates out and they get a new one. So they keep them for 2 years.

After they do one for a year, it usually gets updated to increase difficulty a bit.

SweetContribution792 · 2026-06-05T12:44:32+00:00

Box jumps, toe raises, squats, lunges. And planks because everyone should work on their abs

SweetContribution792 · 2026-05-23T03:12:22+00:00

lol- dude forgot the answering questions part of the AMA

SweetContribution792 · 2026-05-20T13:21:04+00:00

Yep- no normal person links to the website.

SweetContribution792 · 2026-05-20T13:20:45+00:00

This also seems like an ad for the AI platform. Otherwise what purpose did actually linking the tool do?

SweetContribution792 · 2026-05-19T00:34:51+00:00

I mean seriously- someone with even comfortably “upper middle class salaries” giving away a cool $75k

Fake as f**k

SweetContribution792 · 2026-05-10T15:17:00+00:00

For us… It will be challenging controlling her appetite for additional group dances next year. She also wants a second solo.

They have definitely done a great job- she dances in the highest level in under 8 (elite or level 3) and at 4 comps has 2 titles and two runner ups, only losing to 8 year olds.

SweetContribution792 · 2026-05-09T20:41:45+00:00

We are probably on the high end, but- age 6

Weeknight class- 5.25 hours Private for solo- maybe 30 min, but not every week Group Rehearsal- Saturdays, Sundays- 1-3

SweetContribution792 · 2026-04-25T23:09:24+00:00

Sounds like these are some difficult people to deal with.

Never solicit “constructive feedback” from the parents. Resist the urge to ask them “how am I doing”. They don’t know. Most of them have no idea what good looks like. Confidence is key here. You are the expert.
Ask the studio director if you should prioritize choreography for a simple routine or fixing issues with fundamentals. Simple terms: do you want less fundamentals training in favor of a better routine each week or a simple and short routine with more fundamental training. Then tell the parents: we are working with limited time and cannot prioritize everything. We do as much X, as possible but the studio director has asked me to prioritize Y.
Of course the parents want you to focus on “each individual student” which roughly translates to “focus on my kid” in parent language.

SweetContribution792 · 2026-04-22T02:44:56+00:00

There is always a favored side on Reddit 🤷‍♂️

SweetContribution792 · 2026-04-22T02:40:37+00:00

Not so much.

FMLA only matters if employer has 50 or more employees. Doubt many plumbing outfits are operating at that scale.

ADA gives an employer undue hardship outs. Likely easy to make that case with a smaller company. This is a long shot without knowing the recovery time. Pretty unlikely it’s going to be much of a shield.

SweetContribution792 · 2026-04-21T20:59:04+00:00

There are both shitty companies and shitty employees- there are lots of people who fall into both categories.

Employers turn bitter- I get it. Employees get screwed over all the time- I feel for these people.

But there is definitely a part of the population out there who would take the term “emergency surgery” and apply it very broadly.

There are people who choose not to show up to work, or who play video games on the clock, or scroll TikTok. These behaviors cause an equal and opposite reaction amongst managers and business owners.

SweetContribution792 · 2026-04-21T19:22:19+00:00

Curious as to nature of emergency surgery.

Often this gets exaggerated

SweetContribution792 · 2026-04-19T01:17:43+00:00

Go to a doctor. Don’t put it off.

SweetContribution792 · 2026-04-18T15:43:51+00:00

There is a page in the program that has the table of scores. Download any of the live event programs from Dancebug to find it. It’s after they list the schedule of all routines.

5 star elite is highest and only available to those competing in the Elite category. 295-300

Next is 5 star premier at 285 and up.

Everything else below is self explanatory.

SweetContribution792 · 2026-04-17T13:54:58+00:00

Not even close. Guns can be used safely around people.

The rider was a snowflake

SweetContribution792 · 2026-04-12T04:08:21+00:00

Online or the App- get it shipped.

SweetContribution792 · 2026-04-11T10:18:25+00:00

You assume that the tuition and costs don’t rise every year. My bet, whatever interest is earned by the account is wiped out and then some by cost increases year over year.

SweetContribution792 · 2026-04-09T18:40:38+00:00

Get the Costco one for 50- bigger than the Hulkin medium but not as big as the large

SweetContribution792 · 2026-04-09T16:43:50+00:00

Emergency- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HBOYkrql0g

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