What is one of the worst things that a person can do in a not so great moment? Make a writer very unhappy! Here is what happens when a writer does not like what she has been told she is doing wrong. It ends up in a blog.
Normally I would keep this post to myself, but this is an issue I have been hearing about for eight years. Early in my time here in Port Townsend, I saw an article about how kids should be appreciated more in this small community filled with elderly people. There is a dance studio in amongst a bunch of offices on Water Street. These offices are for lawyers, artists, some other people. Everyone pays for their space..it is a place of business. There are some that require silence apparently, and some that are slightly less silent.
In my experience, dance is a great way to teach children structure. However, when a child is 4 or 5 that is just the beginning of such a structure. This class only meets for less than an hour one day a week. This is also the class were even younger kids might be around since if the oldest is 4 there is most likely a sibling that is 3, 2, 1, or an infant. Last time I checked a hallway was not the same thing as a library. Sometimes babies cry, which is treated better at the library than this hallway. There is a little bit more noise before and after the class...why might this be business people? Perhaps parents are desperately trying to get their children into the dance class we paid $70 a month for? Maybe we have some money invested into this too? If none of these little kids want to take a dance class anymore, chances are the won't be an audience for the next age group and so on. Is it possible to give the youngest kids a little bit of a break? It is only one hour, in fact less than that, of YOUR week. Your lunch break is probably longer.
I know that probably the 4-5 time slot is more of an issues other days as the younger age groups meet during this time. It must be frustrating to have to hear people in the public hallway of your building. I know parents in Port Townsend have different parenting methods. However, DO NOT ASSUME WE ALL PARENT THE SAME WAY!!!!
My family of 8, yes, 6 kids is probably one of the better behaved in town. So before you scan the hallway for the short little Asian (helpless looking woman in your eyes) taking care of SIX kids to yell at, observe that it is not my children running around the hallway. You might see my older kids helping me with my younger ones. My oldest is only nine. I bet you have been complaining about nine year old kids, right? Well hold your tongue when you see mine. You made him question why an adult would tell off their mom when none of her children were at fault! Yes, he is smart.
If you have a problem with a dance studio being in the middle of your office space, this is not the parents' fault. We are in search of high quality dance education and your building happens to be where it is. These complaints have been going on for years. I wish the adults in this building could actually start acting grown up. Most of us do not have time to be caught up in your petty office politics. Sometimes people are actually being disrespectful and I understand that, but if you have no clue who it is...KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT until you know!
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