Klarinet Archive - Posting 000199.txt from 1999/03

From: "Paulette W. Gulakowski" <pollyg@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: Studio teaching
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 22:16:46 -0500

What do you do when the teacher has to cancel? Refund, keep it, apply it
to the next lesson? My son's teacher was habitually late and cancelled
without notice several times. He had a good reputation but I think he
was declining when we got to him. We changed teachers after a few months
and were much more satisfied. Both asked in advance (as did his piano
teacher) but I couldn't afford lump sums that large. They accepted
payment at each lesson. Otherwise, I would have lost the payment when I
switched teachers and would have had to wait to get the funds built up to
start the lessons. I only cancelled once or twice and that with days
ahead notice.
Paulette

On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 19:48:06 -0600 "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
writes:
>
>As an adult who has taken lessons in the past, I heartily approve of
>the pay
>in advance and that you pay for the lesson whether you attend or not.
>Sometimes I have had to miss a lesson due to a business trip or some
>other
>reason (but very, very infrequently). I am more than happy to pay for
>that
>lesson as the time was reserved for my use even if something prevented
>me
>from using my slot. It is not the teacher's fault if I must cancel.
>If a
>student does cancel (or even worse doesn't show up at all), the
>teacher can
>not ring up another student at a moment's notice. The teacher's time
>is now
>"lost money" if this time is neither used nor paid for.
>
>
>Dee Hays
>Canton, SD
>
>
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