My classes are generally fitness based since it's really hard to keep students in this town (alot of my students are basers and end up moving away...) and recently I've had a student who thinks I'm "not trying hard enough" to get enough interest for performances. She showed up for one 6-week session of mine with her daughter and then judges off that. This was a "fitness based" class and they both show up with full costume and jewelry etc. and suggest belly rolls and complicated moves for my beginners. Now she has informed me that her daughter is teaching classes so they have performances to look forward to. I really feel for any students they capture because I dont think they understand how difficult teaching is and can be vs. just showing off with performances. I've tried to have performances before and the last one, which should've been 14 students, had 2 girls show up (one wasn't even taking the class! she was a friend of mine that I had taught the routine to!) So...I'm just frustrated here and if you guys have any thoughts, I'd like hear :)

~Ashley Nicole