Klarinet Archive - Posting 000290.txt from 1999/03

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Studio teaching
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 00:00:53 -0500

Well the teacher I had, you paid a week ahead not a month. Also if she
cancelled, she rescheduled the lesson or credited it to the next lesson if a
make up lesson couldn't be squeezed in. She rarely cancelled though.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

-----Original Message-----
From: Paulette W. Gulakowski <pollyg@-----.com>
Date: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 10:26 PM
Subject: [kl] Re: Studio teaching

>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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