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DD takes a fairly expensive dance class every Fri. Her teacher always says, "OK, everybody, find a partner," and dd is left out in the cold. Don't know why - the other girls know each other from camp, but they also just don't seem to want to try to ge know her. Today she walked up to a girl and said, "Can we be partners?" and the girl just stared blankly at her, then nabbed another girl who was walking by. It broke my heart. But now I'm also feeling like it's partly the teacher's fault - she lets this go on, and she never partners up the kids herself. My dd has taken the class for 2 years and likes the dancing, but feels so left out that she wants to not go back next year. Should I say something to the teacher or the director of the dance center?
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Have you talked to your dd about it? How would she like to handle it? Any chance you can bring her into the solution? The situation sucks, but it's certainly real and she's going to need to deal with this stuff again, unfortunately.
[ Reply | Options ]I think she's doing the right thing - she walked right up to the teacher and said, "I don't have a partner," - that's when the teacher realized it, and also that one other girl was in the bathroom. Once that girl came out, she partnered w/dd. Sometim e teacher will bring dd into a 2-person group and make it 3.
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this makes me sad, reminds me of me 30 some yrs ago in jr high gym class - I always wondered why the teachers didn't do something to prevent this from happening
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UrbanBaby Asks...
When I ride in a taxi cab with my DC I:
- Use a carseat
- Buckle him/her in his/her own seat
- Hold him/her on my lap
- I'd never ride in a taxi with my DC, it's much too dangerous!
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