Task 2d: Inquiry

What in your daily practice gets you really enthusiastic to find out more about? Who do you admire who also works with what makes you enthusiastic?

I gain great motivation in the way learners develop not only in a subject but also in life, seeing less able students achieve their personal best in class by achieving a professional equal dance environment, seeing students from all back grounds dancing in the same room helping each other inspires me to want to maintain that motivation through the more difficult adolescence years. I have many teachers that follow good conduct I find the more inspiring teacher to be one who is able to manage a class showing equal respect to students who is able to be approachable allowing a fun but disciplined learning environment.  

What gets you angry or makes you sad? Who do you admire who shares your feelings or has found a way to work around the sadness or anger?

The most anger I have felt is losing both my grandparents in the last year due to illness the pain and heartache we all go through is beyond me. What makes me so sad is one minute your life is great and within a second your whole world as turned upside down, seeing others who have lost parents friends etc.

 My mum is extremely easy to talk to, even though she was shocked and heartbroken as my grandparents both passed away within sixteen months of each other , my mum comforted us, she is understanding , calming and fun to be around. My mum has a lot of empathy which I wish I had.

What do you love about what you do? Who do you admire who also seems to love this or is an example of what you love?

Gosh this list could go on and on I’ve bullet pointed a few

·         The ability to guide students to learn and achieve in a safe and friendly environment

·         Giving students self-belief and watching them achieve

·         Seeing students from all works of life coming together helping each other and overcoming  their fears

·         New friendships  

·         The excitement of shows and examinations

·         Always new things to learn or to develop

There is not one particular person that I admire. I admire people that are determined to achieve the best for their students being honest and fair.

What do you feel you don’t understand? Who do you admire who does seem to understand it or who has found a way of making not understanding it interesting or beautiful, Or has asked the same question as you?

I don’t understand why students at the adolescence years leave ballet to study other dance styles or leave dance altogether. Students who studied ballet at my dance school at the age of 14 plus were on average studying their grade 6/7 ballet examination with The British Ballet Organization (BBO) it was evident to me by the register that after approximately three years, students would leave the dance school giving no reason for their decision.

I and another local dance school have been asking the same question i admire the way in which she is also keen to find an answer to this to re motivate or to re inspire our students who once dreamed of becoming a ballerina.