No I’m not talking about that kind of praise, @musicamusica — I’m talking about praise for accomplishments like being the only person in the school who made all-state and many more high level accomplishments. It’s like they don’t want to even acknowledge it at all and instead ignore it. The highest praise she got for her performance in the musical this year was from an elementary school teacher who took the time to email and tell her how impressed she was. She got no acknowledgment from her theatre or music director. And I don’t mean they need to be praising her all the time. Just something. Some good feedback like wow --great job I’m so impressed–whatever. After she toiled and worked so hard on that friggin musical that caused her to miss out on two very important college auditions it would be nice to get some appreciation. It can be a private comment … It doesn’t need to take away from anyone else’s performance.