Why spend so much time and money so your daughter can practise, dance and perform once at the end of the year?

ANSWER:

Well, I have a confession to make: I do not pay for my daughter to rehearse and dance ballet.
Do you know what I am paying for?

• I pay for my daughter to learn to be disciplined
• I pay for my daughter to learn to take care of her body and mind.
• I pay for my daughter to learn to work with others and be a good teammate. For her to develop her creativity.
• I pay for my daughter to learn to deal with disappointment when she does not get what she hoped for, and to discover that the key is to work harder.
• I pay for my daughter to learn to achieve her goals.
• I pay for my daughter to understand that getting results takes hours and hours of hard work and training, and that success does not happen overnight.
• I pay for the opportunity my daughter will have to make lifelong friendships.
• I pay for my daughter to be at rehearsals instead of in front of a television.
• I pay for those moments when my daughter comes home so tired that she only wants to rest, and neither thinks about nor has time for idling around or getting into trouble.
• I pay for all the lessons this beautiful discipline teaches: responsibility, dedication, commitment, self-confidence, getting along with others, and so on.

I could go on, but to be brief…
I do not pay for ballet classes; I pay for the opportunities this discipline offers her to develop qualities and skills that will be very useful throughout her life, and to give her the opportunity to value life.

FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN SO FAR… I THINK IT IS MY BEST INVESTMENT

IT IS A UNIVERSITY OF LIFE!!

Taken from Rene A Beltrán and adapted