After think, think, i better write this post here.
As a music teacher, i need to constantly xerox or print music scores for my students.
As the scores were distributed one or two at a time (for a song), some students have lately asked me to “give” them the scores free.
Just a couple of weeks back, I gave a student a piece of paper (song score), and as usual, have to be “kao bin poi” to demand a 10 sen from him, then he said “Wa! Teacher why you so stingy, give me la, 10 sen only…”
So i answered: I have over 40 students, let’s say a song is 2 pages, and i distribute to 40 students, why not you give me RM8.00 for every song, so i can give the other 39 students free score every time 
The bottom line is, some times it is really hard for me to collect those 10 or 20 sen, i feel weird some time but still has to be collected as xerox need money to print too. In fact, i was thinking to increase per-piece of score to 30 sen. why? Because most of my scores are self-written, not dowdloaded from Internet or photocopied from a score book.
hope every student understands, enjoy your lessons, and pay me the 10 sen….
make me so pai se only, write this post….
8 responses so far ↓
taisuan // Mar 8, 2006 at 3:02 pm
mike, one of the ways which u can do to counter such unpleasant demands:
- charge your lessons higher say RM5 per student per month i.e. if your student pays you RM60, increase to RM65
- compile a book and sell to them, (u go tuition, the teacher give u free books or not?). if they want to have new songs transcribed to them, do it during their lesson else u have to do it at your own time where people still doesn’t understand why they need to pay 10 cent.
- ask then to write down the score if they dont want to pay up.
michael // Mar 8, 2006 at 3:34 pm
haha… your ways i have tried years back. wont work…
you know what, when i was teaching at a music school in jalan stadium back in 1995 some time, there was a student took the whole book (which u suggest) give it to another teacher, and let the teacher photostat and teach his own students and made as “HIS” own work…
u must “kuan” in music education line for some time, then you know the trend… kekeke
michael // Mar 8, 2006 at 3:36 pm
and about increasing the fee? that is a good idea, but i am teaching in other people’s music school la, not mine, so, its not up to me to increase the fees la.
for my own student at home, i dont have that problem.
no problem any way, i will still “beg” the 10 sen every time as long as i am not cheating at all.
kaijiunn // Mar 8, 2006 at 3:55 pm
lobby… just tell your students that they have to pay it b4 you photostat. if they dont wanna, then no need to give them. you must create a serious situation when you are teaching. for me, i am quite serious while teaching drum. if they dont wanna pay, just ask them **** off and get another student which got heart to learn. you shall need to let your students know that you shall have no time for those time-wasters in your class.
you can save more time to figure out how to win a bet in football rather than wasting time for them without gaining anything…. hahahahaha…
this is my little opinion nia… pai seh pai seh to share out with you.
junnee // Mar 8, 2006 at 4:00 pm
cheh like school time la… collect rm2 per person or more… b4 u start ur first lesson or every month…..
just tell them is for photocopy lo hahahahhah….
ma not that pai seh la hahaha
Silver Isle // Mar 8, 2006 at 6:35 pm
Asking 10 sen each time is like really kinda weird, moreover people now rarely bring small change out one.
I would suggest collecting RM1 from each student, then record it down every time after how many copies of paper given, once finished then just collect again.
rambo // Mar 15, 2006 at 10:26 am
last time my tutor ask me photostat myself !
then return immediately right after photostat
i guess that’s the best way
btw do u have BUT GIN BUT SAN score?
I really like it and hope I can play it
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