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Pirouettes Ballet School is the clear choice for any child. Of all the dance schools in Elmtown, Pirouettes has the most intensive program, and our teachers have danced in the most prestigious ballet companies all over the world. Many of our students have gone on to become professional dancers with top dance companies.
Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.
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According to the argument above the Pirouettes ballet school is the clear choice for any child because of the reasons stated in the passage.There are certain questions which needs to answered before arriving at this conclusion.
It is said that Pirouettes has the most intensive program among all the other ballet schools but does it have the best program which caters to the needs of all the dancers trying to learn ballet for the first time.Is the program up to the required standards in which the students could both enjoy and learn how to dance because it is about the quality and not the quantity.The ballet school can have the most intensive program,it might make the students slog for hours and hours but does it actually help the student in becoming better dancers?Do the students of Pirouettes ballet school find it enjoyable to learn ballet?If this intensive program is actually doing more harm than good then the child and his parents should look for other schools who teach this skill more efficiently so that the students can become better dancers.
It is said that the teachers of Pirouettes Ballet School have danced in several prestigious ballet companies.There is nothing mentioned about the quality of teaching they impart.Therefore the second question which needs to answered is that are the teachers who have actually danced in most prestigious ballet companies are actually good enough to teach?You can be good at some task but you might not be the best teacher teach to same skill you have excelled in.Performing as particular skill and teaching that skill are two different domains and people should not confuse between the two.If the teachers are well qualified and fit to teach Ballet then the school should be considered otherwise people should look for some other Ballet school.
It is said many of the students of Pirouettes Ballet school have gone on to become professional dancers with top companies but nothing is said about the number of percentage of the students who are with reputed companies.The claim is very much ambiguous and further clarification is needed to evaluate the Ballet School in terms of the number of students who have gone on to be associated with top dance companies.
Another question which needs to answered is the form of dance that the Ballet school excel in.The teachers might be good at Ballet dancing but they might not be good at teaching salsa or any other form of dance.Therefore a child while selecting the school should look at the form of dance he/she wants to learn.If there is any other school which is good at teaching the form of dance which he/she is interested in,the child should go for that particular school over Pirouettes Ballet School.
These are the questions which needs to be answered before evaluating the Pirouettes Ballet School to be the clear choice for any child.
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