Getting Started essay
1. + 2. I am pretty good at Bellydancing.
3. My earliest memories of learning this skill was last January when I took the course. I needed a break from academics and was working a lot of hours, so I decided to take something that would be fun and therapeutic, as well as a physical outlet for my energy. I took it from Terri Nystrom, a beautiful woman with lots of wisdom. There were about 4-7 women in my class, it varied depending on the week. I was determined and only missed one class when I was very sick. The other ladies in my class were all over the age of 30, so there was plenty of jokes going around about me being a 'youngster'. They were all friendly and I had a great time with them.
4. Some of my family members and friends thought it was a little unique, as most people think of bellydancing as some sort of flashy, erotic, dance that involved a huge gut swirling around. But many people thought it was awesome and wanted to see me do it!
5. I started to learn by taking the weekly class offered by 'Clark Explorations' and I practiced a lot during my freetime.
6. I had an early success in that I memorized a Shimmy Routine very quickly, I believe I was the first one in class that was able to preform it perfectly. It helped my peers out because they could actually look to me to know what the next move was! A failure could have been that I had a hard time with the veil part of the class, I am so little and short and the veil was a little big and difficult for me to maneuver at first. Yet I quickly learned the best way to work with it.
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If you’ve had a particular coach or teacher or parent who has helped you learn, write about that person-describe what she/he looks like and sounds like. Is the person gentle and encouraging or tough and intense? Or something else?
If you were to describe the history of your development of this skill, what stages or periods in your development would you identify? Write a sentence or two briefly characterizing each stage or period.
How do you know you’re good at it?
Describe the place where you typically perform this skill. What colors, smells, sights, sounds do you associate with doing this skill?
Describe some of your best achievements with this skill. What, specifically, has made you especially proud?
Have you ever taught anyone else this skill? If so, tell about what that was like.
Were you ever tempted to give up? Why or why not?
Has it cost you a lot of money to develop this skill?
What do you enjoy most about your skill? Is there anything you don’t especially like about it?
Do you have goals for the future with this skill?
3. My earliest memories of learning this skill was last January when I took the course. I needed a break from academics and was working a lot of hours, so I decided to take something that would be fun and therapeutic, as well as a physical outlet for my energy. I took it from Terri Nystrom, a beautiful woman with lots of wisdom. There were about 4-7 women in my class, it varied depending on the week. I was determined and only missed one class when I was very sick. The other ladies in my class were all over the age of 30, so there was plenty of jokes going around about me being a 'youngster'. They were all friendly and I had a great time with them.
4. Some of my family members and friends thought it was a little unique, as most people think of bellydancing as some sort of flashy, erotic, dance that involved a huge gut swirling around. But many people thought it was awesome and wanted to see me do it!
5. I started to learn by taking the weekly class offered by 'Clark Explorations' and I practiced a lot during my freetime.
6. I had an early success in that I memorized a Shimmy Routine very quickly, I believe I was the first one in class that was able to preform it perfectly. It helped my peers out because they could actually look to me to know what the next move was! A failure could have been that I had a hard time with the veil part of the class, I am so little and short and the veil was a little big and difficult for me to maneuver at first. Yet I quickly learned the best way to work with it.
7.
If you’ve had a particular coach or teacher or parent who has helped you learn, write about that person-describe what she/he looks like and sounds like. Is the person gentle and encouraging or tough and intense? Or something else?
If you were to describe the history of your development of this skill, what stages or periods in your development would you identify? Write a sentence or two briefly characterizing each stage or period.
How do you know you’re good at it?
Describe the place where you typically perform this skill. What colors, smells, sights, sounds do you associate with doing this skill?
Describe some of your best achievements with this skill. What, specifically, has made you especially proud?
Have you ever taught anyone else this skill? If so, tell about what that was like.
Were you ever tempted to give up? Why or why not?
Has it cost you a lot of money to develop this skill?
What do you enjoy most about your skill? Is there anything you don’t especially like about it?
Do you have goals for the future with this skill?