I wish that my friends would learn to dance

I wish, I really really wish, that I could get my friends to learn how to dance.

They enjoy dancing, but to my frustration, they don't really try to learn. Oh, they'll make a token effort at going through the complimentary lessons at our community swing dances, but they don't pay much attention and they don't try very hard. Nor do they try to learn any really interesting moves, not even the simple ones. They just kinda like to wiggle and shake around.

The politically correct response would be to say that it's all dancing, and that there's nothing wrong with just shaking around. In a very real sense, that's true. However, it's not "real" dancing as far as I'm concerned. Some call it freestyle dancing, but really... good freestyle dancing involves much more than just wiggling around to the music. Yeah, I know. Some people think it's fun to just wiggle around, but frankly, it's kinda dumb.

I like what a friend of mine said. This friend of mine pointed out that it takes time and effort to learn how to dance. People want quick gratification, so instead of learning how to dance well, they just wiggle about. Have I mentioned lately how dumb that is?