Hi, I am currently with a school and they teach particular style of martial art.
I did research around before joining this school. Out of all the school this school is moderate in pricing and has pretty good quality. The problem is that beside teaching the art they seem to also be there to make money. For example: they change uniforms every so often (1 year) and it costs $45 each time, tournaments $45, belt sashes $20, tai chi wooden sword $40, The problem is that most of these things they use in the lessons for only a couple of months and after that they are barely used anymore. I get the feeling that they are requiring us to buy it in order for them to make profit on the equipments since they can get the equipments cheap from china.
The problem is I can not just leave because I put down about $1500 down payment and pay about $140 per month and I have about 2.5 years left with the contract.
(It really saddens me when a martial art school turns into a school to get money.)
Anyone is the same situation and what can I do about it?
I did research around before joining this school. Out of all the school this school is moderate in pricing and has pretty good quality. The problem is that beside teaching the art they seem to also be there to make money. For example: they change uniforms every so often (1 year) and it costs $45 each time, tournaments $45, belt sashes $20, tai chi wooden sword $40, The problem is that most of these things they use in the lessons for only a couple of months and after that they are barely used anymore. I get the feeling that they are requiring us to buy it in order for them to make profit on the equipments since they can get the equipments cheap from china.
The problem is I can not just leave because I put down about $1500 down payment and pay about $140 per month and I have about 2.5 years left with the contract.
(It really saddens me when a martial art school turns into a school to get money.)
Anyone is the same situation and what can I do about it?