<p>D2 has done ballet since 5, and piano since 6. She had to drop violin because lack of time. This year, as a sophomore, she decided to go out for track on top of everything else. She had to cut back on ballet, which made her teacher very upset. </p>
<p>This past semester, she had track from 3-5:30, then ballet until 9pm on some nights. She went to meets when she didn’t have ballet, and tried to go to as many meets on Sat without getting in trouble with her ballet teacher. Sometimes when I went to pick her up at ballet early, I would see her studying standing up while waiting for her turn to dance. Through all of that, she’s never complained about her schedule. During this long weekend, she has locked herself up in her room studying for her finals and SAT IIs. If she does well on her finals, she could end up with best ever semester.</p>
<p>Having a job teaches kids work ethic, time management, learn humility, and value of money. I think in juggling a very rigorous course load and demanding ECs, D2 is learning time management and demonstrating good work ethic. As far as humility, she is getting criticized non stop while being practically naked(wearing leotard) in her ballet class. I don’t think the only way to learn value of money is through working at minimum pay jobs.</p>