The rest of the girls don't seem to want to take a stand whether they want to do it on pointe or not and that irks me. They're about the same age if not younger and at the stage in their loves where they should be making decisions and sticking to them, not expecting others to pick up the baton and run the race for them! I've only got another 2 supporters of my endeavour to bring us back on to pointe. Worst case scenario- I'm dancing on pointe with those that have taken a stand (and by this I DON'T mean sitting on the blasted fence and going with what floats their boat) and are dancing on pointe irregardless. I understand fear of sprains and more permanent damage but have you not danced all this while with the mentality that you're dancing on pointe? Weren't you afraid then? What about the teachers? We've been pushing ourselves this far all this while and you're telling us just because a few can't sustain themselves on pointe, you rob the rest of us of this chance? That's not fair. I'm angry. And that's an understatement.
"I believe that sometimes when I'm angry, I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel."
And for that, I shall do this diplomatically. I'm going to talk to my teacher. If she's in a limbo and I have to talk to the grade 5&6 teacher (who was my first teacher till I moved to the major grades and whom I adored) I will. Then if she's not gonna listen, I'm talking to the principal. And I;m going to use every ounce of energy, effort, communicative skill, persuasion and everything else that is required to make sure we're on pointe on that day.