[American Entertainment] Dance out of my youth

David asked her to decide which one she liked better, and Juliet said that as long as she was happy, she asked her whether it was more fun to practice on the trampoline or to do math problems.

"These are two different categories that cannot be put together." Grace shrugged.Mom's questioning is really interesting, and it's actually measured by "whether it's fun or not".

"You have to think clearly. Mom and Dad can't make decisions for you. They can only support you as much as possible after you make a decision." David said softly, "Don't worry, I promise to pick you up every day."

Trampoline is more interesting, but she has not officially started athlete-style training, which is equivalent to interest classes. The coach said that there is still time for her to start athlete-level training when she turns 12 years old. Trampoline athletes have a longer sports career than gymnasts Gymnasts start to participate in competitions at all levels from the age of 13 or 4. They can participate in the World Championships and Olympic Games under the age of 18, but they will retire around the age of 25, because the follow-up athletes update too quickly, and their bodies are more flexible and more flexible. Lightweight; trampoline athletes can participate in three Olympic Games if they are in good physical condition.

And if you take the route of high-tech students, your career will be longer, until you are 5 or 60 years old.

What she hesitates is that the timing of these two hobbies conflicts. Although the careers of scientific research scholars are long, the best results of most practitioners are made before the age of 30; athletes are in the best physical condition It's also before 30, so she has to make a choice now, she can't have both.

This made her extremely anxious!

She likes both majors very much. Trampoline is very interesting as a hobby. She likes the feeling of jumping up and down on the trampoline; but math problems are also very interesting. Whenever she solves a difficult problem independently, she will feel a sense of accomplishment!This is something the trampoline can't give her.

She announced to her parents the following Monday morning that she was entering math and technology competitions.

Interests changed, but Grace's daily routine didn't change much.

There is no need to stay in school for training to improve the level of mathematics knowledge, just to solve the problems, so I went to train on the trampoline after school, reducing the number of weekly training; I also enrolled in a ballet class. The purpose of learning is not to become a dancer, but In order to practice a good posture.

Because the children have to go to various training classes, the two families usually have little time to get together, and they are very busy even on weekends, especially the Holland family. The parents of 4 boys are really busy.In contrast, the life of the Eliot family with only one girl is much more comfortable.

Grace’s weekend is usually at home on Saturday morning, reading a book, or going to the garage to stay the whole morning; David sleeps until 9:1 in the morning and gets up at 1:12, practicing boxing for an hour, just hitting punching bags or something; Juliet reads at home in the morning If she doesn't go out to eat at noon, she will spend one and a half hours cooking a Chinese meal and eat at [-]:[-] noon.

Take a nap for an hour at noon, at 1 pm, Juliet drives Grace to ballet class, get out of class ends at 3:5, and arrives home around 6:[-].David works at home in the afternoon, or goes out to play with friends, play basketball, golf and so on.

In the evening, I basically watch DVDs at home.If David and Juliet were out on a movie date, Grace would be dropped off at Holland's for a few hours.

Nicky liked Grace.

No one doesn't like a girl who is pretty, smart and cute.

Every time Grace came, Tom felt deeply out of favor—yes, out of favor!Mom likes Grace a little too much and hates her sons very much.

Boys are cute, but what if 3 boys yelled "Mom, where are my sneakers", "Dad, where is my t-shirt", "Mom, Sam broke my cup", "Dad, tell Henry to give me back my badminton racket" and so on, you will be driven crazy in less than 3 days-sometimes Nikki also wonders why having 3 boys is not enough, and another one is born?What she wants is a daughter, okay!But having a boy or a girl is out of your control.

There are 3 boys who are naturally active in the neighbor's house. It is impossible for you to bring any math problem set to do it.Nikki thinks she should play, but stop thinking about doing math problems, it's not short of a few hours.That's right, Grace thought, weekends are the time to play.

There are also many things to play. Dominic and Nicky don't let the children watch too much TV and encourage them to play other games.

So, the four children played checkers.

Tom asked about her ballet lessons.

"Mom said I had a little forward spondylosis, which was caused by incorrect sitting posture," Grace explained to the Holland brothers. "So I'm going to learn ballet and correct my standing and sitting posture."

Tom nodded. He understands this. Learning to dance requires a lot of posture and body shape. Standing with your back against the wall every day, correcting your standing posture is basic training.

"I thought you wanted to be a ballet dancer in the future." He was a little regretful.He studied modern dance, so they could be dancers together after rounding up.

"Being a dancer is tiring, and it's boring if you can't be a lead dancer! You want to be a lead dancer, don't you?"

"Of course! However, I haven't decided whether I really want to become a dancer in the future. Dad said that I should think about it carefully, and I have to make a decision when I go to Wimbledon College."

The direct secondary school of Dang Hyde Preparatory School is Wimbledon College. Basically, as long as you enter Dang Hyde, you will almost always enter Wimbledon College after graduation.

It is normal to decide the future at the age of 12. Families with plans should start to let their children plan for the future when they are in middle school at the latest.Becoming a dancer is hard work and requires more intensive training.

"Then you have to think about it, do you really like dancing?"

Tom thought for a while, then nodded affirmatively, "I like to dance, and I feel great when I dance!" Dancing is very happy, and there are no worries.

"Now when Hyde is still bullying you?"

The fight at the end of last semester did not punish Tom Holland in the end. Grace seriously suspected that David had given Dominic a trick, so this matter should be considered settled. At the beginning of the new semester, Tom still went back to Hyde to go to school.

"It's gone."

"If it's general sarcasm, ignore them. But if someone insults you, don't be afraid, find a way to beat them hard."

Tom shrugged. "They say . . . only girls learn to dance."

"This is discrimination." Grace rolled her eyes. "The next time someone says something, you can tell them that Shakespeare's plays were first rehearsed and performed with only male actors."

"Really?" Tom wondered.

"It's because the actor industry was only male in the early days, and so was dancing."

Sam asked curiously, "Why is that?"

"Maybe it was because men needed to work to earn money in those days, while women could only stay at home and do housework."

Sam nodded thoughtfully, "That man is so tired! Mom also has a job, she is very capable and can make a lot of money!"

"There are very few jobs in modern times that are only suitable for men and not women, and vice versa. In terms of gender, boys can learn to dance as well as girls, and they can learn to dance well. So 'only girls learn to dance' It must be a false proposition."

"Pseudo-proposition?" Tom didn't understand the term yet.

"A proposition is a concept in logic, mathematics, and philosophy. It refers to a phenomenon that can be defined and observed. For example, it will snow in winter, and the temperature will cool down when it snows. A proposition needs to be proved, for example, why does it fall? Snow, the physical characteristics and inevitability of snow, the proven proposition is 'true'; for example, the concept of a cluster, men are human beings, and women are also human beings, then human beings must include men and women. If the other party says 'Only girls can learn dance', he has to prove that 'all men can't learn to dance', but learning to dance is regardless of gender, so this is a 'false proposition'. As long as it can be proved that what he said is wrong, it is a false proposition and it is wrong .”

Dominique and Nikki were stunned as they listened: The little girl from the Elliot family really has a level of knowledge far beyond that of ordinary junior high school students. Although the definition of "false proposition" is not very accurate, it is enough for elementary school students. up.

The Holland brothers were also stunned: the twins didn't understand it at all, but Tom understood it, but thought "wow, what she said makes sense"!

Tom didn't like to talk about what happened in school before. If he wanted to talk, he would pick some funny things to say. He basically never mentioned to his parents about being humiliated in school.After the fight, he didn't tell his parents that Grace taught him to beat people hard.But it's comfortable at school, and that's what actually happened.

He thought, what Grace said is indeed right, as long as you show that you are not a person who is easy to bully, they will not dare to bully you.

"It's called 'bullying the weak and fearing the strong,'" Grace said. She said a Chinese word and explained it to the Holland brothers. "Power is very important and represents many meanings. It can be physical strength, verbal strength, or spiritual strength. My mother said that I want to be a 'successful' person in the social sense , the mental strength must be very strong."

Tom was a little distressed, "What you said is a bit complicated, I can't understand."

"The simplest thing is, 'I can do it', 'I can do it'."

He understood this, so he nodded happily.

Nikki cuts a plate of fruit and invites Grace to eat some fruit.

The twins were the fastest runners, cheering and running to the kitchen.

Two and a half years later. In 2008, one day at the end of June, Saturday,

Grace Elliott, in a cornflower-blue satin gown and pearly white flats, steadfastly refused Juliet to tie a satin headband in her hair.