Ballet

When I was in sixth grade I wanted to be a gymnast, my sister a ballerina. But I never told my mother just how badly I wanted to be one. So she joined my sister and I at the dance studio for ballet classes. I was quite upset and would stare at the gymnasts with wonder every time I had a class. One day, I thought, I'd be like them. But in spirit of using opportunities, I forced my attention towards ballet. I was older than all the other kids in the class because of my mother's request to be put with my little sister. I remember buying my first pair of ballet slippers, a leotard and pink tights. It was wonderful and frustrating at the same time. The classes commenced soon enough and the trainer was definitely a little harsh on us but kind. Pretty soon I came to love putting on my armor and dancing everyday. I know it might sound vain but I rocked that class. I was a natural and everyone knew it. There was a camera placed on the far end of the wall for the mothers to see us dancing from the other room. I know everyone has seen at least one dance-related movie in their lives. It's a dog-eat-dog world. The mothers wouldn't stop praising me and couldn't stop shaking with jealousy, it was clear on their faces. They loved me so much that they hated me; if that makes any sense. My pirouettes, demi-pliés, demi-pointes, grand jetés, grand plies and god knows what else were nearly perfect. Then came recital season and the instructor came rushing in with catalogs for tutus, ballet shoes and excessively pink everything. It was not something we could afford and it came to the point where the classes were unaffordable as well. So we dropped out and one day they closed the dance studio too. There ended my chance at every persuing the idea of being professional ballerina. After brief coaching in tennis, volleyball and lacrosse here I am today. You know that saying jack of all trades, master of none. I surpassed that by being talentless, ambitionless, incompetent and stupid. 

But on the plus side, there's only one way to go now. Up. :)