School Tuition
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Martial Arts Payment Plan Scheme
Asked by M.S. from Dallas
on June 11, 2007
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Just over a month ago, I signed up my 9 yr old twins for their 1st martial arts lessons in Plano @ USA Martial Arts. I paid over $1000 for the 1st 6 months (combined,...
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- That does sound VERY shady! I just enrolled my 6 y/o in martial arts classes for the first time a few weeks ago. I looked into USA martial arts because they are super ...
- Absolutely sounds like a scam to me. I wonder how they stay in business?
- M., This sounds like a scam to me. My daughter achieved her black belt last June from John Bain at Plano Self Defense. We had been in another program in Allen and she...
Unfair Payments and Holidays
Asked by T.A. from New York
on October 14, 2009
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I work in a group family day care and my boss closes on days like veterans day, columbus day, the day before thanksgiving , thanksgiving itself and two weeks in christ...
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- Hi T., I have never worked in a child care facility, but I have had some experience with a few as a working mom. On holidays, they were usually closed, just like...
- This is just from my experience. I worked for a family daycare and she too had all state holidays off. Written into each parents contract was that these holidays were ...
- Hi T., I would check with the labor department/labor board.
Private or Publc School
Asked by E.O. from Tulsa
on March 6, 2007
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I am torn about schooling. I always said I wouldn't send my children to private school but in the last year I have been considering eating my words. What are your vi...
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- Hi E. You did not say where you live , which may make a big difference in your choice. I live in KCMO school district, one with not the best rep, mind you, but there...
- Oh, me too (to coin a ToonTown Phrase). I always believed in public schools until this year when I started sending my son, an only child, to school (half-day K). ...
- This is such a difficult decision. I am trying to figure out the same for my own daughter. There are positives and negatives of both. I went to a public school from...
Driffrence Between a Public School and a Catholic School
Asked by E.R. from Chicago
on June 18, 2007
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Hi Moms,
I need some advice before school starts. I have two options between a public school and a catholic school. My son has always attended a public school but...
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- Hi, I went to Lutheran school growing up and my school was held to higher educational standands than all the other public schools in the area. Our tests scores wer...
- I can give you my perspective as a teacher who has worked both at a catholic high school and a public high school. I left the catholic high school because the pay/b...
- I went to both a private and public school for highschool. Although it was years ago, I think I can speak on this. I think that the school is part of the education. ...
Looking for Ways to Send My Kids to Dallas Christian School
Asked by R.M. from Dallas
on January 6, 2009
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My husband and I are looking for some way to be able to send our kids to this private school. We were both raised in private christian schools and my husband was even ...
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- Wow -- what negative responses you have received. Don't listen to them. All goals are achievable with the right determination and sacrifice. My mother was a single ...
- Baby, I'd like to have my kids living in a million-dollar home, attending private school and a trip to Disneyworld every year...but it just ain't gonna happen. Unless...
- No offense meant, dreaming is fun, but I don't think you are being realistic here. Like a previous responder mentioned, if you can't even afford the application fee, ...
Am I Asking Too Much?
Asked by D.R. from Detroit
on October 24, 2006
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I filed for child support and now my son's father is threatening me with lawyers. All I have ever asked him to do was to help with tution for school. He feels because ...
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- OK well him threatening you with an ATTY is nothing. You two do not share economic responsibility if you did he would have your child at least 12 days a month. So d...
- Hello D., No I do not think you are asking for too much. I feel like it is unfair for you to have to pick up the tab for your son's tuition by yourself. You did not...
- You are not asking too much. I'm assuming he is suppossed to pay you child support. That money should help cover daycare expenses, which you would have anyway. Once...
Legal Advice for a Very Overwhelmed Mother
Asked by M.A. from Los Angeles
on June 6, 2008
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I am a 31 year old single mother of two wonderful boys, 14 and 8. Yes I was very young when I had my first. My ex-husband and I were married for 11 years and separated...
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- Try Legal Action Workshop, it is in Bellflower I believe, on Bellflower Blvd. and the 91 freeway. I had friends who needed advice and they helped. Good Luck!
- First off, just as an FYI, he does not have to pay 1/2 of private school tuition. I'm a step-mom and we went through it with my step daughter (who moved in with us fu...
- Trust me... hire a lawyer. A good lawyer will be worth every penny, and you may even be able to petition the court to have your ex pay your legal fees. I tried to do i...
College Scholarship Search Services -- Worth The $$?
Asked by S.B. from San Francisco
on January 20, 2009
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The great news is my middle daughter was accepted into a great college nursing program. This has been her lifelong dream, and we are so excited that she has been able...
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- http://www.scholarshipexperts.com/signup.jsp?sourceid=3026737 S., I used to work at Embark during the dot-com phase. I am not sure what there database is like n...
- I worked in the Financial Aid of my school for 1.5 years and one thing we tell students is to NEVER pay for a scholarship service. Grants, work study, and a part time...
- hi S., my name is J.. i came a across this article from the newspaper, because i myself is starting to do due diligence for my son who will be in college in 2011. th...
I Ask This with Humility....
Asked by C.M. from Portland
on March 31, 2009
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Hello ladies,
All of us can agree that times are tough for everyone everywhere. I need so off the cuff advice from someone not my grandma. My husband and I have alw...
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- There are certain protections for your home under bankruptcy law and provisions that allow you can affirm debts (agree to keep paying them) and keep the asset. You sho...
- Don't do it! If you're already in a stressful financial situation - you have to humble yourself & buy a car you can pay cash for - no financing, or it will only get wo...
- Hi Candace, It sounds like you have time to plan. If hubby graduates in the fall, loan payments won't start immediately. Does he change jobs after graduation or now...
College Transfer
Asked by A.B. from Washington DC
on October 21, 2009
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My step-son met his girlfriend over this past summer just before going off to college. This is his first love and now he wants to transfer to the college that his gir...
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- Agreed. Teach him now to stick to his plans. If he transfers, he loses the time he's already put in, possibilities for scholarships, may have to spend MORE time in c...
- Your step-son is an adult. I think it is a stupid idea and I most certainly would not be paying the additional cost of tuition, but it would be his choice. However...
- well, of course it's a lousy idea and of course he should stay put. and of course young love does not take adult sensibilities into account. 'had she affections and wa...
