Tutor time is too commercial

matilarzuka

My experience, I registered for my son next Nov and Dec playgroup( ask me to pay the tuition in 3 days, I feel like they want my money right away), but due to some reasons my son is not able to attand the full Nov classes ( not in HK), I told my situation to Tutor time early Oct ( one day after I paied the tution), they refuse to withdraw the tuition that I understand, but they also refuse to postpone the tuition to next month, or even transfer to other kids. Now Im just thinking if the baby is sick, Tutor Time is not provide makeup class as well, parents just lose money, BTW the tuition is really expensive. The baby is not like adult, we never know what will happen, if  parents are not 100% sure their babies can attand the full classes, donot go for Tutor time, they are too commercial, and love money. Before you go to Tutor time, please think about.

HKTHK

Have you also thought about the opportunity cost of holding a place for your kid?  

saikungmom

I actually like Tutortime a lot. My older one attended the playgroup a few years ago, and now my little one is going there as well. My son loves the school, and I found the teachers are very caring. Great teacher/student ratio. The school sent us weekly updates about our kids. And we can see the classroom on internet if we want to as well.

My little one went to Woodlands (Sai Kung Campus) before. The school fees are comparable to Tutortime, but the "services" I got out of Woodlands are a lot worse.

Sonaming

原帖由 matilarzuka 於 12-10-26 發表
My experience, I registered for my son next Nov and Dec playgroup( ask me to pay the tuition ...

i don't think other playgroup will hold the seat to u for one month free of charge.  If you go other organization/ company let say "Tom Lee" they also no make up class arrangement if your baby take a sick leave.

lui

原帖由 matilarzuka 於 12-10-26 發表
My experience, I registered for my son next Nov and Dec playgroup( ask me to pay the tuition ...

I don't like tutor time either. Not attentive at all. Go for other good playgroup. Little Aristle is pretty good. I just paid the second deposit for another six months

CAKEMOON

Agree with saikungmom.

The same situation occurs in Tai Tam too.  Woodland there is worse than Tutor Time.

CAKEMOON

Actually, do you think all international schools in Hong Kong is "commerical"? .  The assessment fee of GSIS is $3200, others >1000.  When a kid about 2-3 yrs old cries in the assessment, he/she will immediately fail.  Parents will lose thousands within one minute!  

md23

Most schools have similar policies. And it's hard to argue that a for profit organization is too commercial.  

ying2

If you want to hold a place at TT then you will have to pay for the month, no school will provide make up playgroup classes, even the local schools, so I think they aren't unreasonable like you said, you are talking about an international school, everything is about money, like CIS, GSIS, ISF even ESF.  My girl went to TT for nursery and she loved it, the teacher ratio is good, they give you weekly updates, great environment. It's definitely better than Woodlands & Victoria.  

cppc20

To be fair! It is almost the same in every private school.  The money TT asked you to pay in 3 days might be a kind of deposit for you to securre a place.  If you don't pay asap, someone who is willing to pay may take your place.  

Vianna33

My girl is attending TT for more almost a year. She loves the school and I think the school is great too.

Peanut2010

My girl love TT, it's a very nurturing school. But I find Little Aristle is very commercial  and unprofessional.

rococo

TT!!!!!!!!

chekchek

TT is real gd, my son attended n1 , they hk great teacher n student ratio, genuine native English n mandarin teachers. I think it's really worth it if u can afford to pay the money.
Many schools are commercial. I get what I expect from it. Very good n happy school for my son

matilarzuka

I dont want to hold the position, I just want to withdraw the all fee or transfer as Credit( Im Ok on the waiting list), I just donot understand why they are refuse all the options except keep the money There are so many other playgroups in the market, TT they donot  respect their customers. BTW, many playgroups or schools say the space are very limited, they asked us to pay all the fee in front ASAP, just read all the policy very be careful. On the othe hand,  I think it is also a kind of advertisement make parents to pay all the fee

matilarzuka

I withdrawed TT,

chiyin8

I am confused of what you want now, if you don't like TT (but you just said teachers at TT are ok), just cancel your application and leave, go and find other playgroup you like

marathon

In my opinion... it's ok to be commercial... afterall, TT is a private institution ,  they set the price... , you choose them, you pay for it, and they (are supposed to) give you the service... it's a free trade world.

BUT... though TT is a private institution, they still need to be a responsible service provider and give the appropriate education service (and according their terms and conditions)... which they don't!!!

In terms of teachers, it depends on your luck, every school has good teachers and bad ones... and TT has high turnover rate on teachers... so good luck... (and think... if the school is good to the teachers,  do you think they would have such a high turnover rate??)

The big problems are, the owner of the school, who is the VERY commercial one (or you may call a money-lover), and the unqualified management ,... they charge you big money, but they don't really give back to your kids (... many of their newly hired teachers are  teachers with no or very little experience, management are unqualified (check on the background of the center directors), and teaching materials/resources sucks), what they show you are only very 表面 just to impress the parents... and most importantly, the school/owner/management don't have the kids as their NO. 1 priority... but unfortunately... the money... which is wrong wrong wrong for an education service provider... despite it's a commercial / private one, or a non-profit one.

Fortunately, ... not all private institutions are like that... I see that there are still schools out there whom have the hearts for kids (instead of money comes first) ... so there are still hope...   

Good luck everyone.

marathon

One more thing to show how commercial they are ...

their 'maximum capacity' for a classroom could be floated / adjusted (un-noticeably)... without expanding the size of the classroom, nor removing any of the furniture etc...  they just want to get as many  students as they can to make more $$.

soright

private institution----預左啦, no make up class is normal wor. tt is a school, not 一般坊間私人playgroup麻

tutortime is very gd, i put my kids there for more than 1 year (pre-nursery), she speaks fluent in english. Teacher are good and caring (taitam).

I have no regret to pick tt.