Klarinet Archive - Posting 000209.txt from 1999/03

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: Studio teaching
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 23:22:12 -0500

I assume that in most cases discussed thus far, teachers
are referring to younger students (early 20's and earlier)
when describing problems with payment. I've taught a num-
ber of students between 30 - 60 yrs of age, and have never
had a problem collecting my fee at the conclusion of each
lesson. In those rare instances where the student needed
to cancel (even at the last minute), I did not enforce a
payment in spite of the missed lesson. To my surprise, I
often found that the student had doubled my lesson fee at
the conclusion of their next lesson! It's a dream teaching
students like this. I guess I've been lucky. I did have
problems with younger students, but the older ones are typ-
ically more financially stable than I am, and are in tune
(no pun intended) with what my teaching activities repre-
sent to me.

Neil

On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Dee D. Hays wrote:

>
> 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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