What lessons did you take as a child?

[mommaU4]

And did they do you any good now?


I took piano, clarinet, and ice skating. Not sure how much good they did me though because as an adult I cannot play either instrument nor ice skate very well. Ahhh, that was money well spent. Sorry mom.

 

[luvmydogs]

*Ballet/tap--Aaaaackk! They did no good, I have no grace.
*Swimming--I met my dh when I was a lifeguard.
*Horseback riding--I rode competitively through college, and still enjoy it recreationally.

 

[Kitty 34]

Ballet (for 2 weeks only)
Piano (still play but not very good)
Drum (only play when I sub in Band class )
Oil painting (don't paint at all now)
Swimming all the way thru life saving

 

[DisneyDotty]

I took lessons for about 14 years on the organ (heh heh heh--which one? Sorry--that's what people used to ask me when I said I played the organ). Comes in handy whenever I'm at Wrigley Field or a hockey game...

 

[icebrat001]

Ballet (4 years)
Figure Skating (8 years) - I coached for a while as well, I was very good.
Swim Lessons (4 years)
Acting lessons (2 years) I don't think they did me any good, I was always too shy to pursue anything and I can't lie to save my life.

 

[noseybuddy]

Ballet, Point, Tap
Baton
Swimming lessons (absolutly hated it)

 

[Cindy's Mom]

Piano for 12 years. I can play somethings still; but my mom won't give me my piano. She always said that when I get my own home, I can have the piano....well mom that's been about 11 years now and I still don't have it. She says that its such a nice piece of furniture that she needs to keep it. Its a great place to put pictures on.

 

[Poohbear123]

Ballet Tap and Jazz for 7 years, till my back couldn't stand it anymore. But, I looked Good back than.

 

[Sparx]

I took art classes when I was little, and I also learned how to play a recorder, a little piano, and clarinet. I plan to pick the piano back up, but I hated the recorder, and I was indifferent to Clarinet.

 

[disykat]

Piano - and it was well worth it even though I can't play worth beans. I use my piano recreationally and to pound out notes when I'm singing. I taught both of my kids for a few years and they also play a bit recreationally. I can do basic accompaniament for them on their band instruments. None of us are particularly good, but it's fun. I bought my piano for my 30th birthday.

I took swimming lessons too. I can't swim worth beans either, but I could manage to keep myself from drowning in an emergency. Well worth it, IMO. I've also taught my kids skills I learned in swimming lessons.

 

[monarchsfan16]

Piano-3 years of it and I still don't know good music (or so I've been told)
Ballet-2 years, and I still trip over my own feet. I quit in fourth grade because well, I was shorter and stockier than everyone else. Not much has changed there either
Tap-1 year. Still recovering from being a tapping alarm clock in the dance studio's production of Peter Pan (nothing like wearing a pee-yellow leotard for a confidence booster)
Swim lessons- a few years over the course of my entire childhood. THAT was actually worth it

So all in all my mom wasted a lot of money on me.

Edit: I forgot the two weeks of flute and the year of recorder. Couldn't get any sound out of the flute, and got too many sounds out of the recorder according to mom The year with the recorder was part of everyone in my school's 4th grade music class. That's all we did all year

 

[Aurora63]

NONE!!!

However, my oldest sister did teach me to swim, so that's kinda like swimming lessons...I can still swim.

And I was in elementary school band, it was extracurricular, I played trombone...only did this for half of a school year because we moved, but I wasn't too bad.

 

[daisyduck123]

*ice skating (did this competitively for years..now I don't skate at all because the last several times I tried...my feet got almost frozen)

*swimming...I still swim, esp. at Disney!!

*piano (for 3 years, I think. I don't play it now)

*tumbling...I don't tumble anymore

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

I took ballet for a while, as well as art classes and a Texas Pioneers class at the local science/history museum that was pretty fun.

And no they don't do me any good now, but I can make a cornhusk doll with the best of them!

TOV

 

[golfgal]

I took piano for about 6 months, didn't like the teacher, mom let me quit.
I took tap/jazz/ballet for a 6 week course, liked it but it was only 6 weeks long.
Tried flute, hated it.
I took violin, played all through college, still play some.
Swimming all through lifesaving, was on the swim team through college, I can still swim.

 

[Aidensmom]

Clarinet (good at it, but hated it.)

Swimming (was really good at it, and am still an exceptional swimmer)

Gymnastics and ballet (good for learning perseverance and I am sure helped with my self esteem, though I was never that great as its not exactly the wisest choice in sport for someone who wore a brace on one leg. )

 

[Tigger&Belle]

Hmmm, that explains a lot... You know what they say about swimmers and horseback riders...


And for me...

Saxophone in school--never any good at it, but I enjoyed it

Swimming as a young kid, but I used to make excuses and not go, but my mom didn't know since someone else brought me

 

[ashjohnson80]

I took tap/jazz/ballet/gymnastics for 5 years, and clogging for 2 or 3 I can't remember. I think it was 2. I'm not sure.

I took cello for 1 year. Then I took flute (and i still play it) and in high school I took guitar lessons and I still do that too.

I don't dance now. Nope.

 

[VSL]

Piano I started having lessons when I was 9, passed my 1st Grade about 6wks after starting, and then quite because I didn't like the pressure. Went back a few years later to have some lessons for my Music GCSE and was at Grade 7 level - I had barely touched the piano in-between, only learning 2 or 3 Grade 5 level pieces. I suspect that I had always been towards that level when I was younger. 'Gifted', apparently. I quit though. I'm great as a solo pianist, but am not so great accompanying others, which would probably mean that I couldn't do all that much with it. When I'm done with Uni I plan to concentrate on it again and maybe go for my Grade 8 (I'd like to get it). I don't want any type of career in it - I just enjoy playing. Also, interestingly, I have relative pitch (which would have probably developed into perfect pitch had I continued with piano when I was younger).

Violin Provided by the school. I was about 10. I really had no interest and did it for about two years - but only because my best friend (at the time) was doing it and we could mess around and miss class.

Singing Again, while doing my GCSE's (14-16yrs old). Again, my teacher wanted to put me in to start doing Grades after just 4wks, but I wasn't interested in making it all about numbers.

[In addition, I also taught myself keyboard and recorder - properly!]

Swimming This was part of school though. I'm not much of a swimmer now. My BF was hysterical watching me in TL. He's a great swimmer.

Always wanted to do something like martial arts or something. Gymnastics would have been amazing! Would have loved to have been involved in athletics as well when I was little (not much of a sprinter, but I did have endurance). Again, this is something I'm getting back into seriously as I come to the end of my Degree.

I have every intention in making sure that my children are involved in some extra-curricular activities. They could find something that they love and are really good at

 

[DisneyCP2002]

Piano for 6 years and still can play a bit
Ballet for 4 years, loved it
Jazz for 2 years and loved it