Paula Sjogerman

on 1/16/03 12:00 PM, [email protected] at
[email protected] wrote:

> I am mainly concerned today because yesterday our homeschooling group had
> the final pick for parts in the play we will be doing at the
> homeschoolconvention. She had her heart set on a certain part and did not
> get it. She was extremely upset. She told me that it wasn't fair because
> the director had not even really given her a chance to try for the part
> (like she had said she would). The person who got the part is a sweet,
> compliant child. I am not complaining that she did not get the part (they
> did give her a part, just not a major one), but I am trying to figure out
> why this always seems to happen to her.

Try talking to the director. I do a lot of the theater direction for our
group and I know the reasons for things are not always obvious. But I would
want to know if someone was having a problem and/or I might have good
feedback for a kid and parent about their acting/social skills.

Or the director just might be a jerk <gg>.

Paula

Jim Selvage

Paula,

"Try talking to the director. I do a lot of the theater direction for our
group and I know the reasons for things are not always obvious. But I would
want to know if someone was having a problem and/or I might have good
feedback for a kid and parent about their acting/social skills.

Or the director just might be a jerk <gg>."
Paula"


First, the director isn't a jerk, lol. She is really nice and though I
don't know her well, I know her well enough to know that she has reasons for
what she did(whether I would agree with them or not would be a matter of
discussions)

I have thought about talking to her, but I am worried that if I talk to her
she will think that we are complaining. I don't want to be seen as a
complainer, and I don't want my daughter to think that we can always
complain about things and get them changed. Do you know what I am saying?
I have also thought about emailing the director, and starting out by saying
that I don't want her to just give my daughter the part, but do want to know
what we could have done differently. But still I was worried that this
would be perceived as complaining. (I have been the director of bible
classes and VBS and have had to deal a lot with difficult parents. I do not
want to be one of them, lol.) So, I don't know . . .

blessings,
erin