I belong to a 3000+ discussing page on facebook and a question was posed: WCS is the land of the cool kid bullies…How much longer will this “High School Mentality” continue? The cool kids can do and say what ever/whenever they want until a “cooler kid” calls them out on it and everyone jumps on the band wagon. When will it be that what is right is right and what is wrong be wrong?
My friend Kelli Kilgore had the best answer that I had seen:
“There comes a time when we all need to just get over ourselves. Yeah I said it. From the top down and the bottom up. We need to take a step back and reset the situation. You have to take some ownership and realize that dancers aren’t just dancers but real people. Talent doesn’t automatically make you grow people skills overnight. Some people are terrible at interacting with others. Some people are just plain jerks. Some people are extremely shy and dance is how they’ve learned to interact with others. I had to ask myself if there is a lead whose ego is too big to fit through door and treats me like trash, why am I crying in a corner when they turn me down? Cause they are supposedly so “awesome”? Screw that! There are plenty of awesome people in the room and they don’t need the most points or notoriety for me to enjoy dancing with them. I learned to seek out great dancers and if they are rude and mean, walk away head held high and move on to the next one. Also rejecting a dance and being a jerk aren’t the same thing. That some no’s aren’t as mean as we make them. I am constantly putting myself in check and resetting my expectations and giving people second and third chances to change my opinion of them. But I also have this pie in the sky mentality that there is good in everyone and I make it my mission to seek that good out. I’m not saying you have to go that far LOL that’s my own way of navigating through life in general.”
What a refreshing outlook!
Friday
$10
Lesson 7:30-8:15
Dance 8:15-?
DNE School of Dance
78 Princeton St. Chelmsford, Ma
Sunday Night
$10
6-6:45 2-Step lesson With Donna Shea
6:45-7:30pm WCS With Donna Shea
7:30-? California Mixer
Longfellow’s Club JoEllen
524 Minuteman Dr off of Boston Post RD
(Rt 20) Wayland, MA
Leadership is the manipulation of energy.
Following is the embodiment of energy.
Connection is the tie that binds the two together.
Mr. Jonathan
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603 475 1391
Dance on!