Downtime

Part of dancing is dealing with the dissapointments.

She cried when she learnt that they weren't being called back. Having won all her life and getting first place did not prepare her for the emotion. Hence she broke down. It is a traumatic event.

I decided to never discuss dancing with my dad again. He's on a mission to get me away from dancing no matter what, irregardless of all the uselful traints I am gaining from it. I've learnt that my dad is a bad role model in terms of encouragements and positive reinforcements. Like most asian people he specializes in criticisizing, telling you what can go wrong and of course brining up the fact that you are stupid as hell.

That is why, I will only use him as a reality check from time to time and take his words knowing that what he describes is the worst possible outcome.