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Originally posted by ktsnake
DA, totally agree 100%!
Parents complain about the most petty crap!
My girlfriend is a band director at a Mid-High school. She charges students that use school instruments $75.00/year. It costs about $100.00 to refurbish the instrument at the end of the year, so she doesn't feel like she's being unreasonable.
She actually had some parents complain and refuse to pay! She offered payment plans, etc.! Some still refused.
She had to go to the counselor and have the kids placed in other classes. The parents can afford $100 shoes for the kid, but not a $75.00 fee for the band instrument usage.
The sense of entitlement is amazing.
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This is of course, only if the children don't do maliciously evil thing to their insturments. I once saw a fellow student when I was in elementary school "accidently" snap their violin bow in half. His parents agreed with him that it was an accident and refused to pay for a replacement! And then they had the nerve to complain to the principle when the teacher refused to let him play anymore!