The tap class, the scholarship and all that

I should tell you the rest of the story.

There were other options to the tap class, but none of them were really working out.
I sent a request to the scholarship committee begging them to make an allowance and allow me to only take 11 credits. But they never got back to me.
I went to a "Natural Hazards" class that I have to take sometime, but I just couldn't bear the thought of adding another class that would actually require something of me.
I tried to get an internship real quick, but it seems to take more time than that.
I didn't officially add the tap class because I wanted to wait and see if the scholarship committee was going to get back to me, But I started going to class anyway.

This wasn't exactly a beginners class, but I wasn't worried. It was called Tap Techniques I. I have been tapping my whole life, right? I am not exactly a beginner. Well excluding the last ten years that is. Ten years since I have so much as shuffled, and I am not really sure where my tap shoes are, and I missed the first two days of class, but no problem.

Ten years is actually a long time.

It was like those dreams where you are in the school play and you can't remember your lines. Even though I was wearing soft soled shoes I was sure everyone could hear my lack of clarity in my "shuffle stamp" and my "draw backs" and every other step that everyone did perfectly without any instruction. She split us into groups of three so everyone could watch us perform the "simple" routine she taught us. I came very close to sneaking out of the room before my turn. I am sure no one would have noticed.

After class I went to the computer lab and found a very nice letter from the scholarship committee.
(Can you tell I take my cues on the meaning of "nice" and "mean" from Taio. If someone is being nice it means they are doing what I tell them to do and telling me what I want to hear.)

This is what it said:

We understand that it is hard for you, so we guess you can have your scholarship and you don't have to go to that dumb tap class anymore.

or something like that.

I hope the teacher doesn't feel too bad that I just never came back.