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  1. 04-09-2009, 09:38 PM #1
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    If you had a student or your kung fu sibling

    was asked to do lion dance for chinese new year's and he said no, what would you do?
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    Nothing.

    that's like, Give me $10...
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  3. 04-09-2009, 09:55 PM #3
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    well couldn't you ask to do it instead if you were that interested besides it is his/her decision after all.
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    get rid of him. Any student that is too selfish to support his Sifu or Si-Hings will spread his attitude like a cancer throughout your school. It may seem trivial, but it is an attitude, and it will manifest on other levels in time.
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    Before "getting rid of him", I think it might be useful to talk to him and determine why he didn't want to do it. There are a lot of possible reasons, some of which are not selfish.

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    whats is important about lion dance? i relly dont know

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    Quote Originally Posted by TenTigers View Post
    get rid of him. Any student that is too selfish to support his Sifu or Si-Hings will spread his attitude like a cancer throughout your school. It may seem trivial, but it is an attitude, and it will manifest on other levels in time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bawang View Post
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    whats is important about lion dance? i relly dont know
    LOL same here.

    perhaps, it is a Guangdong regional thing？
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  9. 04-10-2009, 06:09 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shaolin Dude View Post
    was asked to do lion dance for chinese new year's and he said no, what would you do?
    I would remind myself, if I were the sifu of a school that is open to the public and accepts paying students, that this student is a customer who pays for a service your school provides to him and that, absent some kind of pre-existing agreement or understanding about the obligation of lion dancing, nothing should be done. Free world. You want all your students to lion dance, put it in the terms of the contract.
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    "Hey, I know you're paying me already to learn here but would you mind taking a day away from your family with no compensation to work hard all day.

    If you're lucky they might explode some firecrackers on you, hurt your ears, cause a respiratory breakdown and the best part is that a gang fight might break out if we cross another lion so be sure to bring some weapons

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    I've never done a lion dance before. If I was asked to, I'd say no because I have no interest in ever doing it. There shouldn't be any kind of reprecussions. It's like asking your neighbor 'do you want to help me fix my car?'
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    Quote Originally Posted by lkfmdc View Post
    "Hey, I know you're paying me already to learn here but would you mind taking a day away from your family with no compensation to work hard all day.

    If you're lucky they might explode some firecrackers on you, hurt your ears, cause a respiratory breakdown and the best part is that a gang fight might break out if we cross another lion so be sure to bring some weapons

    hey, wait! come back! come back!"
    Where's the problem? Sounds like the good ol' days to me...
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  13. 04-10-2009, 06:53 AM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by Old Noob View Post
    I would remind myself, if I were the sifu of a school that is open to the public and accepts paying students, that this student is a customer who pays for a service your school provides to him and that, absent some kind of pre-existing agreement or understanding about the obligation of lion dancing, nothing should be done. Free world. You want all your students to lion dance, put it in the terms of the contract.
    I agree completely.

    It's this 'old school' mentality that some of you have that keep you in the past. If you want to create compelling futures for yourselves, have the courage to leave the past where it belongs.....in the past.

    Or, cut your students off because they decide not to play any 'lion dance games.'

    You guys are silly. Are you a lion dance school? Did you agree before hand that you would require this of your students? Are you insulted because it's a tradition that YOU care about and they don't? Gimme a break you guys...
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  14. 04-10-2009, 06:59 AM #14
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    My sifu just paid us to dance out the money he received. If you danced, you got paid. If not...

    This was on top of the food & drink he bought for us out of his pocket.
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  15. 04-10-2009, 07:16 AM #15
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    No big deal.

    Find someone else to do the dance if you wanna dance.
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