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stupid cost of living
4 June 2004 10:24So back in Oklahoma, dropping in on one advanced class of the Desert Fire bellydance troupe (winner of the Zaghareet Magazine 2000 Troupe of the Year award) (Zaghareet is a nationally-known bellydance mag) cost $10.
I'm on the bellydanceMA yahoo email group, and recently someone advertised her dance classes.
$40 for a drop-in?!?!?!
That's like - ungodly. Unheard of. WTF, in other words. Not even that, though - even if I wanted to dive into 10 weeks of classes with this person without ever seeing her dance or knowing how she teaches, I can buy those 10 weeks for the low, low price of $20/class. Although if I want to let her know in advance that I'll miss a class (or two or three - but no more!) she'll refund a whole $15. Right. Because I should pay for classes I don't attend.
This is total bullshit.
Maybe, maybe if I had heard of this person as a big name. I would pay that much for Morocco (who taught the BEST CONVENTION CLASS I've ever been to) - and if you look at her class costs, they're LESS! $15 at most! Sigh.
I guess I should brush this person off as overcharging and not worth worrying about, but it's the clearest, "I teach classes here at this time and for this much," message I've gotten from anyone in the area so far. *sigh*
I just want to dance without going broke. Is that too much to ask?
I'm on the bellydanceMA yahoo email group, and recently someone advertised her dance classes.
$40 for a drop-in?!?!?!
That's like - ungodly. Unheard of. WTF, in other words. Not even that, though - even if I wanted to dive into 10 weeks of classes with this person without ever seeing her dance or knowing how she teaches, I can buy those 10 weeks for the low, low price of $20/class. Although if I want to let her know in advance that I'll miss a class (or two or three - but no more!) she'll refund a whole $15. Right. Because I should pay for classes I don't attend.
This is total bullshit.
Maybe, maybe if I had heard of this person as a big name. I would pay that much for Morocco (who taught the BEST CONVENTION CLASS I've ever been to) - and if you look at her class costs, they're LESS! $15 at most! Sigh.
I guess I should brush this person off as overcharging and not worth worrying about, but it's the clearest, "I teach classes here at this time and for this much," message I've gotten from anyone in the area so far. *sigh*
I just want to dance without going broke. Is that too much to ask?