balletla Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 I have also found exams to be misleading at times where many students who gain distinctions in vocational exams don't get places at vocational schools for a host of reasons, so it is not wise to use it as the only indicator of potential selection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glowlight Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 I have also found exams to be misleading at times where many students who gain distinctions in vocational exams don't get places at vocational schools for a host of reasons, so it is not wise to use it as the only indicator of potential selection. I think one reason for this is that exams do not look at physique or physical appearance. As we know, vocational schools very definitely do look at these attributes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Exams measure what you have learnt, at auditions for Vocational school they are looking for bodies they can train - quite a different thing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Absolutely - my daughter has always had fantastic exam marks, but there's no way she'd get into a vocational school! Other way round with my son..... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FelixGirl Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 My daughter too!! She has always had brilliant exam marks, and is a fantastic dancer, but is just not the right shape to get into a vocational ballet school! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w445403 Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 .My dd has had teachers who like to do the same every lesson and i did see the difference of the girls in time but now she has a teacher who changes the same excersizes every lesson i have see a great improvement and they are much happier and improved much faster. We have a teacher who goes over everything in minute detail and drives DS beserk. He is contantly telling me he's bored in class - not surprising as he's already spent almost 2 years on Inter and 18months on grade 6. She spoke about him to me the other week complaining that he wasn't attentive enough and his posture was poor, then she said ' well he's bored but that doesn't excuse it'. I wish I was brave enough to say that, if you know he's bored give him something a bit different to do for a change! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 I do agree that working on just syllabus work could make one stale so it is always better to mix this with unset work, in my opinion. I am not saying that an exam mark is a true reflection of a dancer but that a lower mark may make people look twice. Of course, that is not always a bad thing! I am fairly sure that it is possible to take an exam at another centre or at Battersea in extenuating circumstances and would think it better to do that than take an exam when unwell and jeopardise the mark. Having said that, I also know that the RAD do give special consideration marks when candidates are ill or injured so do try and reflect what they feel a dancer may otherwise have scored. The problem we had with dd's Inter Foundation was that she was attending the last exam session for the old syllabus, so retaking wasn't an option. She was taking it at HQ already so an alternative venue wasn't possible. I didn't know about the special consideration until afterwards, and by then it didn't really seem worth it. Fortunately she still got a Merit and it was "only" Inter Foundation. If it had been any of the Advanced exams or there had been the option to postpone then I definitely would have done so, but as it was, it was just jolly bad luck. We thought it best to be pleased with the Merit given how ill she was, and move onwards and upwards. :-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 We have a teacher who goes over everything in minute detail and drives DS beserk. He is contantly telling me he's bored in class - not surprising as he's already spent almost 2 years on Inter and 18months on grade 6. She spoke about him to me the other week complaining that he wasn't attentive enough and his posture was poor, then she said ' well he's bored but that doesn't excuse it'. I wish I was brave enough to say that, if you know he's bored give him something a bit different to do for a change! Be brave! You're the customer... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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