When Ariana & Alex went for Black Belt, they were two of six: the only girl and the youngest (plus the longest time with Sheryl -Alex). When David went seven months later, he was one of four - all of them munchkins next to him.
This last time, it was just one kid - and it was questionable at times whether or not he would make it. He was light on the attitude and a few other things.
So, it is now March of 2011 and POOF! everyone is gone. Half of the ones who went for BB with A&A no longer attend (Geoff is still around, but he IS Sheryl's hubby, so that's a given) and only one of the kids who went with David comes occasionally, the other two are gone.
Even David has dropped down to two days so he can attend his jiu-jitsu classes on Mondays.
The two girls who are up for Black Belt are going to get their belts and leave - one because she is moving to India and the other wants to try new things.
This is not even counting all those who have dropped out when they get close to red belt. POOF!!!
Sheryl says this is normal, but how do you build a school that way? Our kids want to learn, want to be challenged, but they need more than each other...
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