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[Daisy Sunflower]

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@VaBelle35 wrote:

I signed up for a Wilton 3 class at Michaels.  I had actually taken Wilton 1 and 2 at a community college, adult learning program, not at Michaels.  It was much more money and we learned much more over a 12 week period vs the 8 classes at Michaels.

When I got to the Michaels class, the instructor singled me out because I was not in her first 2 classes.  Everyone in the class had taken the first 2 with her and I did not.  She told me that I couldn't be in the class because I had not taken Wilton 1 and 2 and I would slow everyone down.  I told her I had taken them. She said she would need me to show her my certificates before I could stay in the class.  I said I didn't have them with me, I didn't realize I needed to show proof.

She said she would "let me stay tonight" as long as I brought in my certificates the next class otherwise I would have to leave and request a refund.  She would not let me continue as I would hold the class back and her students were very good and learned very quickly.

So she starts the class by saying we are going to practice shell borders to get back into the swing of things.  She stands over me to watch my shells to see if I know what I'm doing.  I assume I pass this test as she moves on without comment.

I should have left that class, but the stubborn person in me wanted to show that instructor what a jerk she was for thinking I didn't know what I was doing.

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@VaBelle35

You should have slowly put your hand behind her head and pushed her head into the cake. LOL   Just kidding.

[VaBelle35]

@Daisy Sunflower  Believe me, many evil thoughts were had about that woman over the 8 classes. LOL

[dex]

@VaBelle35@How did the rest of the classes go?Did the instructor try a little harder to accept that you could still function without her instruction for class 1 and 2...did she believe that only she was capable of good instruction or was she just miffed because up until class 3 she had no financial returns.

[Deanie]

@Mominohio  I absolutely agree with your assessment on the definition of friend. How many judge shows does one view that have litigants identified as "former friends?"

[VaBelle35]

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@dex wrote:

@VaBelle35@How did the rest of the classes go?Did the instructor try a little harder to accept that you could still function without her instruction for class 1 and 2...did she believe that only she was capable of good instruction or was she just miffed because up until class 3 she had no financial returns.

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@dex

The rest of the class was fine.   I brought in my certificates as instructed and she thanked me.  No other issues after that.  On the last night, she did offer that she was sorry she was so hard on my that first night and that the class was a very tight group having been together for a while and she wasn't sure I would fit in.  She invited me to her sugar paste class that was next on the calendar.  I accepted her apology, but never took another class there again.

She wasn't a very good instructor.  I didn't get the impression that she had been doing this for very long or that she had a lot of cake decorating experience other than for her kids birthdays.  She basically stuck to the instruction book and never demonstrated anything.  Her excuse was that she didn't have time to make her own icing or cakes.  She would just use one of the student's icing bags to demonstrate and then accuse the student of making bad icing when her stuff didn't come out right.

For $25 (and then they give you money back toward you class materials), I was not going to complain.  Luckily it wasn't an important class.

[dex]

@VaBelle35you would th8nk everyone would be made to feel welcome at these classes...more people more money.I just don’t get the attitudes.I don’t think I will sign up for any classes soon as I couldn’t tolerate the “well let’s see how you fit in”.I always try to  make anyone new to my groups feel welcome and included.

[VaBelle35]

@dex  It was very junior high, that's for sure.

I've taken other classes at our community center here and the instructors are all great.  I took a creme brule class and flan classe and we had a lot of fun, it was a mix of kids and adults.

[lovesrecess]

I would definitely start your own group if you can find a few others to join you. If not, just move on. Adults don't need that kind of drama.

[hyacinth003]

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@blueluna wrote:

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@TenderMercies wrote:

Go look in the Among Friends forum under the thread, “How would you react?”

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Yes that's the one I remembered @TenderMercies. 

@bonnielu

'How would you react?'

https://community.qvc.com/t5/Among-Friends/How-would-you-react/m-p/4418690/highlight/true#M212526

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Okay, what is the point of researching this and pointing it out?  To embarrass the OP?

Hyacinth

[TenderMercies]

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@hyacinth003 wrote:

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@blueluna wrote:

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@TenderMercies wrote:

Go look in the Among Friends forum under the thread, “How would you react?”

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Yes that's the one I remembered @TenderMercies. 

@bonnielu

'How would you react?'

https://community.qvc.com/t5/Among-Friends/How-would-you-react/m-p/4418690/highlight/true#M212526

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Okay, what is the point of researching this and pointing it out?  To embarrass the OP?

Hyacinth

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@hyacinth003 It is worth mentioning if a contributor had published the same exact story less than 4 months earlier, then when reminded of it says she has no recollection or record of that thread which yielded 7 pages of replies.  If the story was presented 4 months ago as something new, then presented again a few days ago as something new, then one has to question whether or not the story is true or perhaps something she read somewhere.  

It doesn’t take much to go to the search bar and type “ball room” and to find the earlier thread she wrote about this on the second page of the search results.  It’s not like I made a pot of coffee and stayed up all night combing through old threads or hired a private detective.