Klarinet Archive - Posting 000181.txt from 1999/03

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Studio teaching - Finance
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 18:03:01 -0500

At 05:05 PM 3/3/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Teaching privately is how I make my living. Meticulous preparation for that
>first lesson helps in keeping the students paying on time, and saves a
>teacher a lot of time juggling make-up lessons and keeping track of who
>needs to pay for what. After 3 months of dealing with "My child came home
>from school with a stomachache/headache/asthma attack/flu/sore tooth and
>there's nothing we could do," I began to make it clear to the parents and
>students that no future lessons would be reimbursed except for those missed
>for funerals.
>
>For someone with a soft heart it's tough enough anyway enforcing these
>rules, but I have to remember that it's the only way I can afford to keep
>teaching music and helping them the most.

And absolutely you should do it this way!!! The only reason I don't is
that, as mentioned earlier, I only take 5 or 6. If my livelihood depended
upon it, I would do it the way you are.......and still keep a soft heart -
just not for payment!!

I hope my earlier post didn't fare badly with some who go by the pay ahead
approach. My mother did it the same way (pay ahead) for twenty years with
30 students a week. It worked well for her.

RG
______
Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Concert Band/Symphonic Winds/Titan Band
Advisor, Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University
Office: (309) 556-3268
Fax: (309) 556-3411

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