Last week, Sherilyn seemed to have lost her enthusiasm in ballet. I asked her if she was willing to quit class and she said ‘yes’! Instead, she told me that she wanted to learn violin and asked me to get her an exceptional suzuki violin at musician’s friend. That was definitely a rash decision from her.

She must have felt like this as she and her ballet mates were advised by the ballet teacher not to sit for the next grade exam next year. Though she has recently passed the Grade 2 Royal Academy of Dance exam with a Merit, the examiner from England has however indicated that the ballerinas in her batch ‘still lacks the maturity’, thus the ballet teacher feels that they need one more year to perfect their steps.
I told Sherilyn to give herself a chance and not to quit just yet as I can see that she has the talent and potential to excel in ballet. Today she attended ballet class and when I asked her how she felt after the class and whether she still liked ballet, I was pleased to hear a positive reply from her.