The student newspaper at Long Beach City College is reporting that dance students are being charged by instructors for being late to dance concert rehearsals and other infractions. The practice is apparently common in the professional world but possibly in conflict with LBCC policy, which limits the circumstances under which instructors can collect money from students.
I learned of the story by reading Dale Johnson's blog post about on The District, which says copies of The Viking were stolen after the report came out.
Read The Viking's good reporting at http://www.LBCCvikingnews.com/
Well, if it's a class, they should be on time. Dedicated actors, not the famous ones, always are on time. What would happen if they were late to a job? Same thing, fined or fired.
These students that went up to the newspaper rather than handle the issue by communicating w/ the instructor are not ready for the professional world.
For one, they were fined, that says a lot. They are not ready for the professional world. If they had a problem in the first place, they should of communicated with the director, whose good intentions where to prepare students for the real world.
These fines are appropriate for the dance world to teach students to be on time or to spot out committed dancers rather than dancers that are there to just dance for fun.
I know that real actors and dancers get fired if they were to miss rehearsals.