Dance

Maita’s teacher from school called yesterday to ask whether they could let Maita join a Hsinchu city program this Saturday.  From what I understood, the program allows Maita’s school to send two Da Ban (Big Class) students to perform a dance.  Apparently, Maita’s dance teacher selected Maita and another student to represent the school.

We got the call while we were driving back to the office from a customer.  L and I had a discussion about why Maita was chosen.  From the previous yearly school programs, all the students had to get on stage to have a song and dance performance.  Maita always struck us as being very concentrated and at times comical because she had the most exaggerated movements among her classmates.  It shows that she concentrates quite well and is quite serious when she sets her mind to it.  And, we think that’s the reason why the dance teacher picked Maita.  She takes instruction well when she sets her mind to it.

L also remarked that if the choice was left to her normal teachers (the dance teacher is part of an extracurricular activity), Maita would not have been picked.  When I asked why she thought this, L said that Maita had her own mind (and often strong opinions) and the other teachers might not like this in a student.

At the end of our working day, we went to pick up Maita.  She was in a euphoric mood and this extended all the way to bed time!  We’re guessing that she’s so happy she’d been picked to dance for the school.