foxylady
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My DS is 15 (nearly 16), and if you have read my trip reports, you will know that he dances.
He started dancing when he was 3, and still enjoys it. He has taken a lot of exams in tap, modern, ballet & jazz, all of which he can count towards university points when applying for courses.
Despite the fact that he still enjoys it, he doesn't want to go into the industry, he is aiming for something to do with sports coaching.
However, he has been offered, what we think is a fantastic opportunity!
Arts Ed, one of the top musical theatre colleges in the country, have offered DS's dance teacher the chance to send one boy and one girl down to one of the Easter courses they hold, and she has asked him. This course is like a week's scholarship and we only have to pay for his food and transport down there. The cost of teaching is free.
DH & I think it is a great opportunity, and are happy for him to miss normal school for a week, even though he has his GCSE's this year (he did well enough in his mocks). He can't see the point as he doesn't want to dance for a career. We keep telling him that is is worth it, as it gives him a chance to try out university life (even though it is only for a week). He can also put it on his CV and use it on his entry statements when applying to uni.
When he comes back he still has 4 weeks before his first exam, and we have told him he can revise whilst down there, as he can take his laptop with him.
The other pupil from the school really wants him to go, as she doesn't want to go on her own (and she is 18 already). His dance teacher wants him to go as she would really like him to carry on his dancing further, but she also thinks it will improve his self confidence (he can be quite shy, despite the fact he gets up on a stage and dances solos!). All his friends at the dance school say they would jump at the chance and would go like a shot.
Any suggestions as to how we can try to persuade him to go. Perhaps bribery might work??
He started dancing when he was 3, and still enjoys it. He has taken a lot of exams in tap, modern, ballet & jazz, all of which he can count towards university points when applying for courses.
Despite the fact that he still enjoys it, he doesn't want to go into the industry, he is aiming for something to do with sports coaching.
However, he has been offered, what we think is a fantastic opportunity!
Arts Ed, one of the top musical theatre colleges in the country, have offered DS's dance teacher the chance to send one boy and one girl down to one of the Easter courses they hold, and she has asked him. This course is like a week's scholarship and we only have to pay for his food and transport down there. The cost of teaching is free.
DH & I think it is a great opportunity, and are happy for him to miss normal school for a week, even though he has his GCSE's this year (he did well enough in his mocks). He can't see the point as he doesn't want to dance for a career. We keep telling him that is is worth it, as it gives him a chance to try out university life (even though it is only for a week). He can also put it on his CV and use it on his entry statements when applying to uni.
When he comes back he still has 4 weeks before his first exam, and we have told him he can revise whilst down there, as he can take his laptop with him.
The other pupil from the school really wants him to go, as she doesn't want to go on her own (and she is 18 already). His dance teacher wants him to go as she would really like him to carry on his dancing further, but she also thinks it will improve his self confidence (he can be quite shy, despite the fact he gets up on a stage and dances solos!). All his friends at the dance school say they would jump at the chance and would go like a shot.
Any suggestions as to how we can try to persuade him to go. Perhaps bribery might work??
