Not sharing a link because I don't trust LinkedIn to not embed some tracking bullshit in all the random numbers in said link.
sweeping, vaccumming and tidying up, I can almost get. but once you get into the sanitizing and bathroom cleaning, that's not a "kids" job.
I think by sanitizing it probably just means cleaning the bar. He didn't say ages but if they're over 8 or 9 thats not crazy. Scrubbing the bathroom is a little harder to excuse.
Tbh without knowing anything about this guy it doesn't sound that bad. Like it's still scummy but at least the girls get something out of it. Idk man my brain is melted
yeah child labour is bad because it is easy to take advantage of and children have been abused on a massive scale before we had child labour laws children were being buried in mass graves after being worked to death.
Children cleaning for ballet lessons isn't a big deal and is probably actually good for them
This is true, but what's particularly bad about this post is how it is steeped in Protestant work ethic. That "it has been a lesson in..." sentence is gross.
Also, and I get that this is totally tangential, but ask yourself if this family would have been given the same opportunity if they weren't white. Probably not.
oh yeah it gets a bit weird with the grace and joy part calm down you're cleaning a room it's a chore at best.
but it's not automatically wrong for a child to do work it's just that it's a situation primed for taking advantage of.
Also the idea of the protestant work ethic gets a lot of talk about it but it ignores that capitalism developed at the same time and in the same way in Catholic countries and the notion of it being important for people to work hard, be frugal and uphold responsibilities toward society isn't unique to protestantism or a bad thing for someone to believe in. It's when you take the belief that doing those things will make you rich and happy and thus everyone poor is poor by their own fault you get into a dangerous place
Two of our daughters were enrolled in a ballet company that we could no longer afford.
Literally how the USSR went out. RIP to a real one.
Might as well keep with the theme of the roaring 20's coming back again and start teaching children the value in working on the meat packing floor.
Would not be surprised. I know one of the prison work companies out there already puts immigrants to work for pennies a day.
This didn't strike me as wrong and I realised that has more to do with my life than this actually being okay. Sick Country, rich people should be forced to fund and attend the arts while awaiting execution.
Yeah these kinds of programs should be accessible via public education. FOR FREE
100% agree. That's why the Soviets were the best at Ballet and Sports.
Seriously though, why the F do classical arts like theatre and ballet have to be so damn expensive
It's the domain of the wealthy and therefore the people setting the prices can afford to do so, in terms of, they're not pricing themselves out of the market. Therefore it continues to be the domain of the wealthy.
Plenty of private ballet studios run by independent instructors who are basically just ex-professionals trying to make ends meet past their prime. I'd say the bigger problem isn't "people setting the prices they can afford" but "professionals setting prices they need to maintain their standards of living plus the exorbitant rents extorted by private commercial real estate companies".
need to maintain their standards of living
Well... there could be room for critique here, depending on what standard they're attempting to maintain. And I only say that because of how steeped this particular area is in rich people and their children.
To be specific, if they're trying to maintain the lifestyle that they became accustomed to while under the wings of their millionaire parents, or something similarly opulent and ostentatious... then I have very little sympathy.
Other than that, yes, you're correct.
Sure. I just don't see a lot of people going into "Ballet Instructor" for the money.
did you not read Engles on ballet instructors the true bourgeoise
This seems asinine… they took all the activities which don’t require electronic equipment from us.
