I have a daughter in a Performing Arts High School, grade 9 But they do not commence the instruction until next year. I would like her to take classes until then. Any ideas?Thanks
Scarborough, Maine or Scarborough, England?
I'm in a bit of a situation right now. A new MMA school opened up in my area and covers all aspects of mma and has really good instructors. My current school is pretty decent, but it doesn't cover all aspects of mma and I need to pay extra for certain classes. I'd really like to join this new school, but I have 6 months left on my contract at my current school and is bjj only, with boxing and kickboxing being extra. I plan on training a lot this summer. My current school charges me 120 a month unlimited. Extra classes are 15 dollars each, which I try to do 2-3 times per week. So we can say thats about 160 a month? The new school that opened is offering me 150 a month unlimited, covers all aspects of MMA and is open the entire day, has a weight room, and has better bjj instruction on top of all aspects of mma. I'm really unsure on what I should do… I'm a 21 year old college student and I only make about 850$ a month at my job. any advice? need to make this choice today.
45bucks a week in extra classes = an additional 160 a week on top of the 120 is what I'm saying.
i dont know if there is an early cancelation fee at your first school, but i would try to get to that new one if i were you.
and brazilian jiu jitsu kicks a$$
I have Shorin Ryu and Kenpo training. I am time pressed. Any opinions on the Adrian Roman Distance Learning Kenpo program or suggestions for other programs? What about Shotokan? There is a less expensive school that isn’t a sport karate school. I’m into self defense and forms not into sport fighting like my Kenpo school. Any other suggestions? My current school is so big that maybe I get 5 minutes a class with an instructor if I’m lucky so I’m not progressing. I figured at least video study would let me concentrate on the techniques.
Video can’t correct mistakes. Best thing to do is talk to your Sensei about the situation. If that does not work out then find another dojo. One where you would get more personal attention.
Last May I signed a 1 year contract to an mma school based on their website and information given to me during the “tour”.
-The school is part of a large franchise throughout North America.
-On the website it states that you can cancel at any time with a written letter and a small fee.
-I was told by the owner that their instructors are locked into a 5 year contract and can’t leave until they fulfill their time there.
-I looked at their website and saw all of the instructors, and these instructors were verified as the instructors by the owner.
-1 month later half of their most qualified instructors left because the owner was not paying them correctly. There was no 5 year contract.
-The franchise owner forced the MMA school to take down all signs and change the name of the school because he no longer wanted that school in the franchise because of how bad it was run.
-Now the school is under a different franchise but is the same facility. I am still being charged even though it is a different company now. On my statement, it shows a different name that is withdrawing from my account(the new name of the school).
-Half of the instructors that were on the website never set one foot into the school.
-I can no longer learn because the quality of instruction has gone down.
-The employee’s there have looked up porn and illegal drug information during the day while people were training, (some below the age of 18)
-Sexual harrassment towards females, which caused their womens class to fall apart.
-Racist remarks from the owner.
-He did not give his members a copy of the membership contract, but I happened to find a copy from an irrate ex-employee. She sent it to me via email.
-The contract has the franchise logo on it, but whenever people went to cancel their memberships, he stated that the contract was to that particular school and not the franchise.
-While going to the new website, the rate of this particular franchise is 99 dollars a month with a 1 year contract compared to the 149.99 that I am paying now.
-When I first signed up the class schedule had about 2 times as many classes and was open Saturday and Sunday. Now, during the week there are fewer classes and it is no longer open on the weekends.
-Where do I go from here? Is there anything that I can possibly do to either cancel, or stop paying and threaten to take him to court? I have no idea.
-This is the information I have.
-Screenshots of the webpages with the cancellation policy
-the changes in their class schedule
-their instructors that never stepped foot inside of the place and were being advertised
-a copy of the contract
-screenshots of the new website with the different rates
-as well as my bank statements that now show a different company name that is withdrawing from my debit.
-Web history, showing pornography and drug research.
Thank you very much for your time. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
I love questions like this…
You can do anything you want to do… If you want to stop paying, then stop. It’ll be up to them to try to enforce the contract. It’s not illegal to not pay something. You don’t go to jail.
The longer you pay, the stronger HIS case is. Stop paying immediately.
If what you say is even close to true, they won’t lift a finger to pursue this fraudulent debt. It’s possible that out of spite they could put this on your credit report, but if they are as unorganized as you claim, I doubt he’ll be able to get his crap together to do it.
A friend of mine is looking to take a studio art class in the DC area. She paints in oil, but that’s not crucial. She wants a model to observe, wants to be with other artists. Don’t think it is really about getting ‘instruction’ – more about a nice shared studio atmosphere. Really expensive would not be good. I suggested a) a community college with studio art classes b) an art school with studio classes c) a collective of artists who share a model and studio space. I don’t have specifics on any of the above for the DC area. Any artists out there with ideas??
Thanks alot!!
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Just search for that. ‘Studio art classes in DC’ you should be able to come up with something. There you go. Hope it helps
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