Comments on: Thank you for the suggestion, I WILL take my business elsewhere! http://www.chewymom.com/thank-you-for-the-suggestion-i-will-take-my-business-elsewhere/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:24:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: kelly http://www.chewymom.com/thank-you-for-the-suggestion-i-will-take-my-business-elsewhere/#comment-88879 kelly Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:57:49 +0000 http://www.chewymom.com/thank-you-for-the-suggestion-i-will-take-my-business-elsewhere/#comment-88879 couldn't be prouder!!! i wish more mom's would have enough confidence, self-respect, and concern for their children to act on COMMON SENSE rather than seeking approval, protecting appearances, and worrying about offending someone. you might FEEL insane, but trust me, its the town not you! couldn’t be prouder!!! i wish more mom’s would have enough confidence, self-respect, and concern for their children to act on COMMON SENSE rather than seeking approval, protecting appearances, and worrying about offending someone. you might FEEL insane, but trust me, its the town not you!

]]> By: TulipGirl http://www.chewymom.com/thank-you-for-the-suggestion-i-will-take-my-business-elsewhere/#comment-88812 TulipGirl Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:50:19 +0000 http://www.chewymom.com/thank-you-for-the-suggestion-i-will-take-my-business-elsewhere/#comment-88812 Good. For. You. (Can I just share how thankful I am for my kids' sports activity? It is just my speed. Non-competitive. Low key. Run by the really great h/sing family two doors down--the dad and older boys are incredibly patient while being firm. It's at the park within walking distance of our house. We are incredibly spoiled by this! Oh, and it meets just twice a month--which, for me, is all the commitment I'm ready to make. Bonus? The boys are learning baseball, to round out their two years of "American" culture and history studies!) Good. For. You.

(Can I just share how thankful I am for my kids’ sports activity? It is just my speed. Non-competitive. Low key. Run by the really great h/sing family two doors down–the dad and older boys are incredibly patient while being firm. It’s at the park within walking distance of our house. We are incredibly spoiled by this! Oh, and it meets just twice a month–which, for me, is all the commitment I’m ready to make. Bonus? The boys are learning baseball, to round out their two years of “American” culture and history studies!)

]]> By: chewymom http://www.chewymom.com/thank-you-for-the-suggestion-i-will-take-my-business-elsewhere/#comment-88748 chewymom Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:11:55 +0000 http://www.chewymom.com/thank-you-for-the-suggestion-i-will-take-my-business-elsewhere/#comment-88748 Rebecca, I would love a teacher like you--that would be RIGHT UP my alley! Structured, high expectations, but kind. Why do people seem to go to one extreme or the other? I guess it's just our human nature. That is half of the problem at that gymnastics center--the sweet teenagers who teach the little kids don't know how to keep order and structure, so the older ones end up screaming at the rowdy kids. A little balance would go a long way.... Allison, that just stinks that a bad teacher can ruin an entire subject area for a kid. I know it happens all the time. Yes, I'm really thankful we had other options. And Sally loved the class at the new place. Thanks, Skerrib! I wish I had walked out the FIRST time Sally was yelled at.... Molly, I do hope that some of those moms who were cowering in the corner, confessing that they are afraid of the lady who owns the place will consider walking out as well. I ran into one of them yesterday. I think she just thinks I'm insane, which seems to be a common opinion of me these days for a number of reasons.... Rebecca, I would love a teacher like you–that would be RIGHT UP my alley! Structured, high expectations, but kind. Why do people seem to go to one extreme or the other? I guess it’s just our human nature. That is half of the problem at that gymnastics center–the sweet teenagers who teach the little kids don’t know how to keep order and structure, so the older ones end up screaming at the rowdy kids. A little balance would go a long way….

Allison, that just stinks that a bad teacher can ruin an entire subject area for a kid. I know it happens all the time. Yes, I’m really thankful we had other options. And Sally loved the class at the new place.

Thanks, Skerrib! I wish I had walked out the FIRST time Sally was yelled at….

Molly, I do hope that some of those moms who were cowering in the corner, confessing that they are afraid of the lady who owns the place will consider walking out as well. I ran into one of them yesterday. I think she just thinks I’m insane, which seems to be a common opinion of me these days for a number of reasons….

]]> By: Molly http://www.chewymom.com/thank-you-for-the-suggestion-i-will-take-my-business-elsewhere/#comment-88681 Molly Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:15:08 +0000 http://www.chewymom.com/thank-you-for-the-suggestion-i-will-take-my-business-elsewhere/#comment-88681 GOOD FOR YOU. Our gymnastics class is very parent-friendly AND kid-friendly and I just love it. Some folks just don't "get it" until we make our money do the talking----and take our business elsewhere. Hopefully a few more parents will have the guts you had, and then maybe the owner will get a clue. GOOD FOR YOU.
Our gymnastics class is very parent-friendly AND kid-friendly and I just love it.

Some folks just don’t “get it” until we make our money do the talking—-and take our business elsewhere. Hopefully a few more parents will have the guts you had, and then maybe the owner will get a clue.

]]> By: Skerrib http://www.chewymom.com/thank-you-for-the-suggestion-i-will-take-my-business-elsewhere/#comment-88578 Skerrib Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:11:38 +0000 http://www.chewymom.com/thank-you-for-the-suggestion-i-will-take-my-business-elsewhere/#comment-88578 Good for you, sticking up for yourself and your kiddo! (and yay for the new class, which sounds way better anyway) Good for you, sticking up for yourself and your kiddo! (and yay for the new class, which sounds way better anyway)

]]> By: Allison http://www.chewymom.com/thank-you-for-the-suggestion-i-will-take-my-business-elsewhere/#comment-88563 Allison Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:26:22 +0000 http://www.chewymom.com/thank-you-for-the-suggestion-i-will-take-my-business-elsewhere/#comment-88563 Yay for you! Good thing you had another option! I remember being scarred for life by a PE teacher who only yelled at us -- and I was a pretty active kid -- but after that I absolutely hated any sort of Presidential Fitness regimen like running around a track or pull ups or sprints. I refuse to do them to this day...to my detriment! Yay for you! Good thing you had another option! I remember being scarred for life by a PE teacher who only yelled at us — and I was a pretty active kid — but after that I absolutely hated any sort of Presidential Fitness regimen like running around a track or pull ups or sprints. I refuse to do them to this day…to my detriment!

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.chewymom.com/thank-you-for-the-suggestion-i-will-take-my-business-elsewhere/#comment-88549 Rebecca Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:51:59 +0000 http://www.chewymom.com/thank-you-for-the-suggestion-i-will-take-my-business-elsewhere/#comment-88549 Oops...tons of typos! I meant "low key and LESS regimented". And I hope people can muddle through what I meant by the rest of my disjointed comment. Oops…tons of typos! I meant “low key and LESS regimented”. And I hope people can muddle through what I meant by the rest of my disjointed comment.

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.chewymom.com/thank-you-for-the-suggestion-i-will-take-my-business-elsewhere/#comment-88548 Rebecca Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:50:23 +0000 http://www.chewymom.com/thank-you-for-the-suggestion-i-will-take-my-business-elsewhere/#comment-88548 Good for you! I can't imagine paying money so that someone could scream at me and my children. Even less, I can't imagine someone taking money and then screaming at the very person paying for it. I teach martial arts. We're pretty strict and disciplined. Some parents love it. Some don't, because they think their little Buford should be able to do martial arts in his own creative way, when and how he feels like it, without some meanie insisting that he line up, follow safety rules, and not kick the walls instead of the punching bag. Sometimes I teach and somewhat of a higher volume than my normal speaking voice. Sometimes I've had to fuss at a student. But I don't scream. I am also a stickler for the idea that parents should be allowed to watch their children in class. I would never allow my children in an activity where I could not observe the classes. It surprised me how many martial arts schools do not allow parents to watch. To me, that is downright scary. When we teach our little kid class (ages 5 - 7, with a few 4 year olds) we don't "fuss". We're very gentle. We let them get by with stuff we'd never let the older kids do, because we've noticed that this age group is much more sensitive, easily scared, and bewildered by the more disciplined structure of our other classes. That doesn't mean we let them run wild or do anything unsafe; we're just more low key and regimented. Give your little cutie a big hug for me. It makes me feel awful that she got screamed at! Good for you! I can’t imagine paying money so that someone could scream at me and my children. Even less, I can’t imagine someone taking money and then screaming at the very person paying for it.

I teach martial arts. We’re pretty strict and disciplined. Some parents love it. Some don’t, because they think their little Buford should be able to do martial arts in his own creative way, when and how he feels like it, without some meanie insisting that he line up, follow safety rules, and not kick the walls instead of the punching bag.

Sometimes I teach and somewhat of a higher volume than my normal speaking voice. Sometimes I’ve had to fuss at a student. But I don’t scream. I am also a stickler for the idea that parents should be allowed to watch their children in class. I would never allow my children in an activity where I could not observe the classes. It surprised me how many martial arts schools do not allow parents to watch. To me, that is downright scary.

When we teach our little kid class (ages 5 - 7, with a few 4 year olds) we don’t “fuss”. We’re very gentle. We let them get by with stuff we’d never let the older kids do, because we’ve noticed that this age group is much more sensitive, easily scared, and bewildered by the more disciplined structure of our other classes. That doesn’t mean we let them run wild or do anything unsafe; we’re just more low key and regimented.

Give your little cutie a big hug for me. It makes me feel awful that she got screamed at!

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