Last month we took a break from our homeschool gymnastics class. We knew we would be missing at least one week, and we would have had to pay for 5 sessions x 2 kids anyway... and it was just too much strain on the pocketbook - right after losing the Subaru and not knowing how/when we would be purchasing another car. So we bagged it. Apparently a lot of other families did too. So many in fact, that they cancelled the class for the rest of the "school year". I must of missed "The Memo" the owner sent out, because I showed up today, got three kids (Owen was ready to give it a try) changed and ready to go have some tumbling fun and then found out that the class was permanently cancelled. And I was EARLY for once!! The owner lamented that the turn-out just nose dived in March. Well duh... ever heard of Spring Break?? She didn't seem to understand my point. She was just focused on the incompatability of the bottom line with our group's fickle attendance.
We have issues within the homeschooling community of families just randomly showing up for events. RSVP's don't really count - people still pull the no-show thing. I think that we have all earned a bad reputation for this behavior, and some businesses are leery of taking down a reservation. I just wonder about the mentality that brings this sort of behavior out in people. It's like they make a personal declaration: "We will be in attendance if it suits us on that particular day.... and if little shmootzie-poo is in the mood to participate."
My only issue is making it on time and having enough snacks and diapers with me to make it all the way through. Or just remembering I have to be somewhere, period.
