Anonymous
map-marker Hoffman Estates, Illinois

My child not having time

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it is horrible, we love the education, but my child always get so mad at the homework. She never have time to do school work or go to her soccer practice, she just doesn"t have time to do it .

She has been begging me to quit KUMON! I have notice people who go to KUMON have time to go to the center and do their homework. We did talk to the instructor about our problem and he did said we will give my child less homework, but my child still didn't have time, so we decided to quit KUMON.

The only problem with KUMON is some of the kid get mad and they don"t like the questions on there. So I probably don"t recommend KUMON.

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Guest

The program is bad, teachers are worse. Too many lies by teachers.

The teachers assistants at Kumon are mostly high school boys who try to prey on little girls at the Kumon center.

Kumon center must be investigated. Too many scandals are happening at our Kumon center.

Anonymous

A Waste!

The main instructor was mean to my son. She wanted him to work on very basic math. It was degrading to him. They just want your money!!
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Guest

Same

Guest

Same experience here.

Guest

So true!! Same experience!

This was a few years ago. "Teachers" kept yelling at my son, for not doing the worksheets while they walked around pretending they were busy.

They never taught anything, they expect the child to already know a new concept. They're there to make money for themselves

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Anonymous

BEWARE OF CONTRACT

Please do not sign any contract with KUMON centers. Run from any center that imposes any contract for enrolling the children. If you have to sing anything, please ask if you can break it with reasonable terms. Most centers let you break the contract with a month's fee but there are some centers who will pursue the contract relentlessly. These centers torture the naive parents. At the end of the day, the contract/money is what they care about. They make you sign the contract in the name of commitments. They might guilt you to signing because you want the 'best' for your children. Please don't be naive. This program may or may not work and so always ask if you can break the contract especially if it is long-term.

Kumon's name/goodwill is destroyed by such centers. I might say that one should try this program but not with such centers and certainly not with long-term contract clauses. Parents should ALWAYS have the option to break the contract if the program not working.

Don't get sucked into the contract.

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Guest

We were asked to sign a contract with Kumon while enrolling our sons. Disappointed with the program we withdrew them from Kumon.

The instructor owner tried to threaten us with the contract.

I took the sham piece of paper, tore it to bits and threw it up in the air in front of the screaming triade. This place is a scam,

Guest

if tutoring was good quality why ask for contract? Contract proves that Kumon Math quality is very bad.

Guest

We are forced to sign a contract at Kumon in San jose, CA. The Kumon owner was a mean and arrogant old man.

It seems that money is all these Asian blood hounds are after. The Kumon program sucks big time.

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Please kindly refrain from any racial remarks...maybe the owner in your location has the same race as you are....

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Jamyah Bkf
map-marker San Jose, California

Bad first impression

The first thing I saw was a small child of 5 crying and looking for his mother in the Kumon parking lot. I told him to please take a seat with us inside the Kumon center and we would wait for his mother together.

She did come after about 5 minutes. Then we went in for the Kumon orientation. First, the Japanese Kumon owner Mr. Otsuka didn't have the skills to quiet down the room so he could start his talk.

He had to yell at us and actually sh sh us with his finger! Secondly when he got everyone's attention, his projector wasn't ready and he made us watch him while he worked at fixing the set up (a few minutes). Finally, when he started his talk he opened with how he could help the "poor or bad student" and kept using the phrase "bad student." Anyway, Kumon may have success at teaching military like discipline when it comes to study skills, but it may also smother the creative student and the one who doesn't learn from worksheets and rote. When I got my teaching credential, we were taught to use to all four modalities of learning when teaching.

I saw a few Kumon posters on the walls and lots of Kumon workbooks, a timer and reminders of how to sit. The center overall was chaotic. It sounds like something out of Asia or military school, reminded us of the Japanese atrocities in the World War. Kumon is not for me or my child.

Kumon is a great place to go if you want to turn your child into a retarded robot. Kids who are older than 5 really hate going to Kumon.

The Kumon owners made a bad first impression. The style of learning at Kumon will not flow well for my child or other children with a more creative approach to learning.

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Guest

I had the same experience at Kumon center. The owner was from India though.

I am not sure if Kumon is from Japan or India.

It is also called Monkey Math or something. I heard that's because the inventor was taught the math by monkeys.

Anonymous
map-marker Carlsbad, California

South Carlsbad Kumon Center (subway complex) - exploitation!

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My daughter has developmental delays and Kumon instructor Marie promised me that they will be able to help her with her studies. Two years into it and nothing has changed.

I can understand that they were not able to help but they dragged it all along without once asking for a meeting with me. I asked for a meeting with Ms Marie after a year and told her to take my daughter to lower level. I kept paying $250/month for Math and English without anything to show. My daughter would finish her homework with writing any garbage and they would resend the same homework back to her.

They would inform the nanny about my daughter not doing the homework correctly but never bothered to call me once also about it. They were very prompt in calling me when they had problem with billing though. Now, that I have had it, I decided to cancel the classes but they are asking for 30 days notice and want to charge me for another month. Even though Ms Marie herself agreed that Sonia is not benefitting and that she also thinks it should be canceled.

Isn't this exploitation where they knew very well that my daughter is not learning but they kept on going without a peep because they were getting money out of it and now that I asked to cancel they still want to charge for another month without providing any service? How can Ms Marie be so money minded where she feels no regret and shame to continue to pretend to teach my disabled daughter for 2 years and then have the audacity to charge for extra month?

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Cons:
  • Dishonest center owner
  • Asking to charge for additional month after cancellation
Reason of review:
Poor customer service

Preferred solution: Let the company propose a solution

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Guest

Dear unsatisfied customer. I am one of the assistants that personally worked with your daughter along with our instructor at this center for the past 2 years.

It greatly saddens me that our hard work and special care towards your daughter has left you with such a bad opinion of us. Every assistant and especially the instructor, work tirelessly to make sure that every child is properly cared for and is getting the most from the program. Your daughter received one on one attention every class and I can say with full confidence that every effort was made to help her in the best possible way. I am also sorry that you do not feel she progressed over those 2 years.

Kumon is an amazing tool to help students reach their full potential, however achieving the best results come from when the student, the parents and the workers at the center are all working together and are dedicated to the program. Despite your remarks, I will never forget your daughter and the sweet thank you card and sincere goodbyes she left us with on her last day.

I wish you and your daughter all the best. Sincerely, a hard working Kumon assistant.

Moss Awa
map-marker Sarasota, Florida

Kumon - not for everyone

My son and daughter both atyended kumon and both seemed very frustrated with the amount of work that they were consistently given. Thia procided them with nontime for hobbies and sports which my wife and I felt to be a little excessive.

We approached the kumon instructor who told us that the amount of homework could not be reduced if we wanted our children to learn and advance through the program. We found out that the instuctor had no formal educational credentials so we pulled our two.kids out of kumon. What a waste of time and money. Why does kumon hire unqualified educators?

Simply unbelievable.

Is the kumon program a well orchestrated business scam? We want no part of kumon.

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Cons:
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  • Asking to charge for additional month after cancellation
  • Equipment quality
Reason of review:
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2 comments
Guest

That sounds like the people who own it just don't know what they're doing.

Guest

I do respect your idea and decision, but I am sure part of the KUMON triangle(Student, Parents, Kumon), hasn't worked properly.

Students s do not like extra work and is natural and if the parents do not cooperate with KUMON program to follow up their homework at home, it will be wrong understanding of KUMON which mostly is the reason of frustration.

I suggest to restudy the KUMON philosophy and judge your expectations.

Best,

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Janeisha Szk
map-marker Seattle, Washington

Repetition to cheat and rob parents

I got my daughter into Kumon learning on recommendation of a friend. At the time I felt that my daughter had way too much time on her hands and could put it into something constructive.

At the Kumon learning center she was made to take a test and I was told that she foundation in Math and Reading was weak, so she needed to start at two grade levels below. Mind you, she is a straight A student in the 6th grade at Hamilton International Middle School. Since I did not want to disappoint the friend who recommended the Kumon learning center, I enrolled my daughter. For 5 months the teacher made her do addition and subtraction at the B level in Kumon level.

Day by day my daughter started losing interest in the work and frustration would set in doing the same boring worksheets. After 5 months she was given a test and then moved to level C she completed level C in the next 8 months but was made to repeat the same worksheets at least 3 times. When she moved to level D in Math and had reached #130 worksheet the owner of the Kumon learning center moved her back to Level B and began making her to start all over. When I saw what was happening I called for a parent meeting.

The owner played dumb and went on a total deniability offensive. I realized that the woman owning the center was dumb as a rock and had no education experience. She tried to make excuses and kept repeating some story about some Japanese old man and his son who was dumb and seemed to have been touched by an angel after repeating the same worksheets like 100 times. This woman had no idea that I was footing the bill for my daughter's tuition and she was deliberately playing mischief to keep my daughter repeating so she could make more and more money out of me.

If this Kumon learning people are reading this review, I want to tell you that Kumon learning is the baddest, dirtiest, disgusting program out there. All you Kumon peoples out there should be ashamed of yourselves at the way you rob innocent parents and cause suffering to children.

Hope you all rot in ***. To all parents, KEEP A DISTANCE FROM KUMON LEARNING, THEY ARE A SCAM.

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Guest

The repetition is what the kids need, seeing as common core is a joke. I started my 2nd and 3rd graders in it at the time and yes they complained too as all kids do when they have to do extra homework.

HOWEVER, we switched them to private school this year and unlike the other public school kids who are a year behind, my girls slid right in and have A+ in math, are better at spelling and have a broader vocabulary.

We are in Reno Nevada, and I highly recommend KUMON to anyone who wants their kids to learn math facts, get ahead in math and can afford it. Sounds like some of these parents can't handle that their kids are behind because of our horrible public school curriculum in the US.

Guest

I find my granddaughter is very frustrated doing the worksheets over and over. I am retired from the education field. I fear my granddaughter will be turned off of learning if she continues with this program.

Guest

Not all Kumon centers are like that, but the bad part is that they don't give any lessons and expect you to complete it on your own. I struggled on levels that were above my grade level because of this exact reason.

I suggest you enroll somewhere else that actually teaches kids. Oh yeah, by the way the japanese dude story is probably about the guy who created the Kumon method.

Guest

By saying that Kumon learning is a scam, you accuse all of those out there. There are kumon places out there like that.

The one I go to isn't, it's straight to the point.

Also, they're really fun. I know there might be those out there, but trust me, not all of them are the same.

Guest

The one I went to was a scam too.

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I hate Kumon. I just wanna say to all parents that you’ll regret enrolling your child in Kumon

Guest

At my Kumon place they actually have you go up levels, so I guess this is the rarest Kumon center :P

Guest

I can relate to your review. But I wish I read it before enrolling my son so I wouldn't have enrolled him.

It is waste of time and money. I just enrolled my son a few weeks ago and he's in 5th grade but they keep giving him 1st grade English worksheets to do. He's not a foreigner who doesn't know English that they have to start from the bottom. I just realized its a scam and a game to loot the parents.

Their plan is to make middle school kids do first grade worksheets all year long so they keep making money. The kumon center should be shut down bc they are ripping everyone off!!!!!!

I didn't enroll my son so he can do 5 grades below English and eat up all my money. Cheaters!!!!

Guest

My parents enrolled me into kumon. We already have trouble affording things, nut my parents think $120 a month is worth it.

I go to the Butcher Educational Center at Warren Michigan for school and i take an Algebra 1 class. At kumon, they say that im bad at math and made me start at the D level, which is basically 3rd and 4th grade math.

They teach me nothing and give no lessons. All they do is give me worksheets and then they check it.

Guest

Great review! I can't tell by the grammar whether you're the parent or student though.

I mean if you (if you're the kid) or your child (if you're the parent) can comprehend, learn, and master topics in mathematics without repetition, perhaps you should consider a career in mathematical research or at least apply some MENSA grants. For the rest of us, we had to repeat arithmetic calculations over and over to gain better speed and performance in school and the real world.

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Quintana Lsg
map-marker Houston, Texas

Shame on you Kumon

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I was almost deceived into signing up a contract for a $1800 Kumon Math program for my little sister. The Kumon woman told her she would only have a small amount to pay, when in reality she was being swindled.

The Kumon lady rushed her through the paperwork and harassed her to finish. My mother didn't have the money, so she charged it on her credit card which I know took a very long time to pay off when she lost her job. Once my sister started attending the center, she was made to feel like a retard by calling her names like "*** student" and "poor student" and the other rich kids were treated differently. The Kumon woman used to point my sister to the rich kids and tell her that they were "excellent students" and my sister was "plain dumb"

It is sad how this company preys on the weak and suffering who have higher hopes of bettering the lives of their children.

I must say that Kumon Math & Reading centers prey on people like my mother who may not know better. This is not a bachelors degree! They lied about the the Kumon program. The school teacher said that the program was doing more harm than any good for my sister.

This after my mother had to hear claims that Kumon was Japanese and would make my sister "excellent." Kumon should be illegal.

Such companies must have to prove that they are treating the citizens of these United States especially children with respect and not cheat people. Shame on you Kumon Math & Reading!!!!

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Guest

Was your child studying at Kumon at Steeplechase in Houston - TX? If so, then it all checks out. In my opinion, the instructor needs to be committed to an institution.

Elyce Van
map-marker San Francisco, California

Kumon is an Asian scam

Kumon is an Asian scam, a rip-off run by sneaky Asian women criminals. We enrolled out daughter in Kumon when she was in 3rd grade.

She was tested by the center and told that she needed to start at level 7A. At first we didn't realize what that meant, so we enrolled her. We were made to sign a contract to keep her enrolled for one year and if we decided to stop her tutoring at Kumon then we were liable to pay the balance owed on the contract. Still we decided to go ahead.

We realized to our horror that level 7A was the level of pre-schoolers. Our third grader is a straight A student. We still kept going. Once our daughter reached level 7A and completed worksheets #110-120 she was made to repeat all the worksheets starting with 7A #1-10.

This was very frustrating for our daughter and us. We were very angry and confronted to owner of the Kumon center. The owner was defensive and mouthed off curse words at us. The behavior of this Asian individual was what one could expect from an uneducated lowlife criminal not an educator.

We stopped out daughter from the center. We were threatened with a lawsuit for non-payment of the balance payment of the contract. We decided to face it and deal with it when it came to that. For now, we were not going to let our daughter suffer any more.

From experience, Kumon is a not an education program worth its salt.

It is a scam meant to cheat unsuspecting immigrants who think that it will do wonders only to see that they are systematically being robbed every month by Kumon. This is not just our opinion but the opinion of other parents we know who have suffered at the hands of the asian criminals called Kumon who under the guise of tutoring in Math & Reading are out to cheat parents.

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This is horrible and racist

Keelyn Mwo

Hi, The purpose of Kumon is to build a strong foundation in math for your child, a key understanding you have clearly missed. Starting at 7a for a 3rd grader is not out of the ordinary, and if you cared to stay longer you would have seen your child quickly pass these levels and move on to harder material.

However, your impatience seems to have gotten the best of you and instead you blame the instructor and flippantly dismiss the program as a "scam for immigrants". Your post is at most a misunderstanding of the principles of Kumon and as a former student who started at level C in 7th grade (basic multiplication) and was doing calculus by 9th grade, I can assure you that your child was not in the least disrespected.

Keelyn Mwo

Hi, The purpose of Kumon is to build a strong foundation in math for your child, a key understanding you have clearly missed. Starting at 7a for a 3rd grader is not out of the ordinary, and if you cared to stay longer you would have seen your child quickly pass these levels and move on to harder material.

However, your impatience seems to have gotten the best of you and instead you blame the instructor and flippantly dismiss the program as a "scam for immigrants". Your post is at most a misunderstanding of the principles of Kumon and as a former student who started at level C in 7th grade (basic multiplication) and was doing calculus by 9th grade, I can assure you that your child was not in the least disrespected.

Guest

WHAT

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Kumon of Howell sucks and my kids hate it.

Guest

We had the same problem. It seems like others have suffered like us at the hands of Kumon.

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Anonymous

Kumon - Customer Care Review

This review is for the North Keller Center in TX located on Keller Pkwy. We felt the need of help in math for our to kids (are in elementary) so we decided to try Kumon. We picked this location as it was the nearest to us. After three month we noteced that our kids doing and feeling good about math. So we can agree that the program is helpful. Our issues were with the instructor/manager of this center. Every month she would complain about the payment not going through. We assure her that there is enough found she makes us refill the payment sheet. An ambarassing thing every first week of the month in front of other parents. Some how it works after we re-fill out the payment sheet. One month I noticed double charges pending so I go and ask her. She said that is how KUMON does it. And we will found you the extra payment after few days. Went home checked my account and only one pavement was pending. So my guess is she went ahead and canceled the extra payment. That made no sense to me. From her answer and action that did make sense. called KUMON Co. Try to find out what is really going on if it true that they take two payments at the time then redound it. Their answer was very different. Kumon does not handle the payment method and that it is up to every center to do their own method. So to me what the centre manger said is either a lie or she doesn't know what she is talking about. Either way it's not good sign. Comes next month something. She made us refill the payment sheet. Two days later we noticed double charges. This time the payment went through not pending. We didn't understand what was going on. So my husband goes to ask why is there a double charge. Her ansewer is deferent this time. "There is a double charge because the previews month the payment did go through". Which is an other lie. Thanks to smart phones and online banking my husband was able to show her that the previews month a payment went through. And he was not happy about it. The flowing week as I am waiting for my kids to finish I noticed that she was talking to another parents about the payment. After she left, we approached them. So we found out they were having the same problem with her. Always making them fill out the payment sheets. My other problem was that couple time in the first 2 months one of my kids got wrong packs, two weeks in raw. She admitted to the mistake once but tried to denied that the other pack was a mistake. Third problem was her poor customer service. I needed to speak with her one day and asked the front lady to let her know that I have a question. The lady comes back to tell me that she is busy and may not be able to come but we'll try to come before my kids are done if she gets a chance. I was still waiting for my kids a new customer comes in for information and she comes out to set down and talk to them in mather of couple minutes of them asking for her. After she was done talking to the new customer she walks back into class. I get up as I didn't like her trying to ignore me. I was first inline to speak to her. I felt that a new customer is important to her. Yes, but a current costumer is as important. She noteced that I got up so she comes back as if nothing happened. We tolder that wasn't a profetional move, as I was first in line to speak with her and she shouldn't t have tried to ignored me. She made what felt insincere apology. Other thing I noteced is that the centre is not organized. Few times I saw students coming in and had to wait for their class work pack to be put together. Something she had days to prepare. Also lot of times my kids had to wait a very long time 20-30 min for their class work to be checked. As she was most of the time short on staff. My final thought is: I believe that KUMON is a helpful program. I think Kumon Co. Should hold the instructors managers accountable and check and make sure they are doing the job. That is the only way they can make sure the costumer is getting the right service. We decided to look for another centre hopefully it is run right. If not KUMON will be history to us.
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Beckham Acm
map-marker South Elgin, Illinois

This place is a Dump

We had signed up our children at Kumon in South Elgin, IL that's located at 454 Redington Dr but quit within months. The center has no secure Sign In or Sign Out system, just a revolving door for anyone to pick up your child.

Too often I would come in and there is no one attending. The phone lines constantly ring, no VM service available. The Kumon program is nonsense rote worksheets and nothing else. Our children were frustrated.

The staff has NO certified training to even educate your children. Anyone can get a job here, just call. The Director/Owner is very rude and suggested that my expectations were too high.

So if you want your child to be actually Learning Math and Reading, Safe & Secure, then don't Come Here! Disaster Zone!!

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Guest

Save us the pain of reading your long cacophonya of hoots, cackles, and wails.

If you're denying our experience at your previous location, then you are one big FAT LIAR.

Save everyone by admitting for once that you're a quack tutor unlicensed in Illinois and one big fraud.

Guest

Dear GD235:

As the owner of this business, please know that I am very surprised by the accusations of this post and am not sure you were actually a client of ours as you claim since your post is riddled with misinformation. Specifically:

* We have no revolving door (even at our new location which is not the address you listed in your March 25, 2014 post -- we moved in July, 2013...).

* Our students are not picked up by "just anyone" as we have a front reception assistant specifically ensuring that students do not leave the Center without their parent/guardian in sight.

* Our Center is not unattended -- we typically have 10-12 staff excluding myself as the Kumon Instructor each class day (Saturdays are a bit lighter in student attendance so it is usually 5-6 staff plus myself).

* We have had a working voicemail and phone system since 2007 when we first opened our doors, and is answered by our professional, courteous staff members both during class hours and outside of class hours during the six days of the week we are open for business. * The accusation that the Kumon program was not to your or your children's satisfaction cannot be true as, had you been a customer at our Center, you and I would have met for a no-cost parent orientation where I fully explain the logistics, curricula and terms of enrollment in our program. If Kumon was truly "nothing else" as you describe, then somehow our face-to-face discussion made no sense to you before you enrolled your children. This full disclosure is provided to every one of our clients prior to any new student enrolling.

* As the Kumon Instructor, I am certified and trained by our franchise's national training team, and regularly train/retrain all staff who perform any work in our Center. Your accusation is, in a word, false. Our Center was recognized in 2014 as one of the top 1% of all Kumon franchises in North America for our high quality of service and student tenure in the program, which runs completely counter to your accusations. * We currently have a waiting list of applicants to work at our Center, so again, you are misinformed that "anyone can get a job here." Each year I end up turning more applicants away than I have jobs to offer, so I have the luxury of hiring only the best applicants for each position.

* Your accusation that I, as the "Director/Owner", am very rude is curious to me. You are quite vague in your description and describe a conversation I have never had with any customer of our Center, so I have no idea what you mean. * As for your comment that I am not Asian, you are correct. I am a US-born citizen married to a fantastic US citizen of Asian descent.

I am an English major completely capable of speaking, reading, and instructing proper English (sorry to Marleen, you're just plain wrong about me and our Center...). So in conclusion, GD235, your complaint seems to be completely inaccurate and more troll-like than factual. But in case I am wrong, could you please be as candid as I have been and explain who you are and why you felt it important to post such an inaccurate complaint about our Kumon Center?

Thank you and have a nice day! Amy Cho | Owner & Instructor The Kumon Center of South Elgin

Guest

Elephants can dance, leave alone teach Math & Reading. You'd be better off taking your kids to the zoo instead of Kumon.

Guest

I worked for a Kumon franchise center. The owner was a foul mouthed Chinese ***.

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As a parent with two children who went to a Kumon Math and Reading center, I feel that the program is a mediocre program and is highly overpriced. My 4th and 5th grade children joined the program.

They were made to do stuff much lower than their grade. When I questioned the owner of the center, I was told that they tested at that level on the Kumon placement tests. The worksheets that they were given were boring and printed on cheap yellowed paper. Yet, we were charged over $100 per month for each subject per child.

Shortly, after being in the program for a few weeks, I noticed that they were being given the same worksheets to be repeated as the previous week. This was outrageous. All along the owner or her staff never bothered to help my children understand some of the content on the worksheets. I once again met with the owner and was told that my children had to build a strong foundation.

That went on for nine weeks, and all along I am being charged full $100 tuition for cheap Kumon worksheets printed on ultra-cheap yellowed out paper. The cost of the paper must be less than 20 cents per month and still we were being charged $100 per child for a sub-standard program.

At the school PTA meeting, I realized that my children had been showing no academic progress at school since joining Kumon and had been singled out by their class teachers for having lost interest in class. Speaking to the school teachers I realized that Kumon did not cover the entire school curriculum.

It just covered a tenth of what they were required of at school. I decided that I should pull them out of this cheap quality but very overpriced program. In my opinion, Kumon is the worst quality program.

It is also very expensive for what you get and is in no way value for money. The teacher-to-student ratio was alarmingly high, probably a hundred kids to one teacher who happened to be the owner.

Guest

I agree that Kumon is the worst program ever in USA because of the following:

1. Kumon tutors are not licensed teachers and mostly unqualified to teach kids.

They are mostly elderly Asian women running a sweatshop.

2. Kumon centers are dirty and unhygienic.

3. Kumon tutors cannot speak English and yet they try to sell a English reading program.

4. Many molestation cases of children have taken place at Kumon centers by pedophiles who happen to be Kumon franchisees and tutors.

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You could get similar worksheets all over the internet for free download. Worksheets are no longer a secret of Kumon now with the internet.

6. Google “kumon molestation” or "kumon sex scam" and you will see the reality of kids molestation in Kumon centers.

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I read your post. Its funny, but the South Elgin Kumon tutor is definitely not Asian but has an Asian name.

Maybe she's just one of those Asian wanabes who is culturally confused. Bad for everyone.

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Great post. Now I know why the US ranks so low in education.

It's kind of funny seeing how everybody says the Asians have unfair advantages in school because their smart... well maybe it's because they attend after school programs like kumon, enopi or other similar franchises. Ever wonder why the US is so poorly ranked compared to Asian countries in education? It's because the majority of Asian students attend afterschool programs.

It's the norm.

In my experience with kids and these after-school programs, the parents are to blame for failure. They expect to drop their kid off once a week for an hour and pick up their new genius kid. While you're thinking that way, how many of those magical diet pills have you ordered.

How many worked? Getting better school performance requires work and not a magical pill. So, I don't know what to tell you. Continue to bash people who actually try to help your kids and keep letting the US slip in education.

We're only going to keep slipping in the ranks if you think that way. Ever wonder why the US ranks almost 30th in the world in education but ranks #1 in colleges? International students and their rigorous education system. Wonder why less and less US citizens are getting into colleges and more and more international students are taking their spots?

International students and their rigorous education system. It's quite simple. Maybe you didn't study enough to connect the dots, and maybe you were one of those students rejected by universities because a harder working student took your spot, but it's quite clear the cause of anger and frustration. You just don't understand things outside of your little box.

Molestation cases?

I googled it and it's just a bunch of articles on one incident that happened. It's a tragedy, yes, but I guess we can ignore the thousands of molestations that occur in school and in churches and focus on the one unfortunate incident in which there was one bad-apple teacher.

Licensed teachers? Really?

If you hire any reputable or high-level tutors, either they're very intelligent non licensed tutors, or they are licensed teachers who couldn't make it in the school system.

Take your pick.

But by all means, don't attend after-school programs and bash these harmless instructors. It's just one less student standing between my kids and college.

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Anonymous

Short Review on March&nbs-04:00;14,&nbs-04:00;2017

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Solon schools are closed today,due to bad weather (3/14/17).but solon kumon open today.so your ultimate goal is $$$$.not about children safety and future???
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map-marker Acton, Massachusetts

Kumon not for everyone

I did Kumon for a few months when I was young. I think it's a good supplement to the stuff learnt at school, good practice for things that I had already learnt.

The booklets do come with instructions that aim to do the teaching but I think they weren't adequate for a proper understanding of the subject. Never been a fan of tutoring myself. Depending on the tutoring college in question, most of the ones I"ve attended are very similar to school and try to cover the 30 hours of schooling in 3.

Didn't find it very useful at all. If you have the time, I think the better idea is to just buy some text books and go through them with your kid yourself.

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map-marker Hamilton, Ontario

Kumon math & reading was a perverted experience

I signed up to have our son tutored in math and reading at the Kumon Westend centre in Hamilton, Ontario since he got into Advanced Math program in middle school. The owner Nicole Smith gave us the long sales speech about how long she had been in Hamilton since a few years and had owned other centres and what she could do for us. I decided to commit despite never having heard of this Kumon program from Japan.

Then after nearly a year of weekly visits driving all the way from Dundas (through the bad winter here in Hamilton), I was in for a shock. My son failed the the third period. Seeing the disappointing results, he had to quit Kumon.

All along, not once did the owner bother to sit down with me to discuss his progress. I could not believe it. Kumon Math & Reading was a complete waste of our time and his. Later, from his school teacher I found out that the Kumon owner Nicole Smith has no teaching credentials whatsoever and just a local charlatan who dishonestly claimed to have special teaching knowledge and skills in math and reading.

Moreover, hindsight being 20/20, my son constantly complained that the owner Nicole Smith never showed interest in any of the students studying at the centre. He used to complain that he was pretty much left to his own at the place. I also noticed that the staff at the centre were merely local high school kids. Every now and then I saw completely new staff at the centre. I should have gotten the hint then.

As a single mom, I am angry and can't believe that I am still having to pay $3,000 in credit card bills for the tuition paid. My experience is that Kumon is a ripoff. I would never go there again, or even recommend anyone going there. The Kumon concept is nothing but a perverted experience. If anyone has the misfortune of visiting the Kumon centre in Hamilton Westend be prepared to be served a hot plate of cockamamie from the owner Nicole Smith. If I had it to do over, I would have gotten a private tutor to help my son.

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Kumon Math and Reading Centre of HAMILTON - WEST END is the worst Kumon center - rude, arrogant and dense instructor Nicole Smith who runs this center should never be allowed to be near children.

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I have been doing Kumon for about 2 months now and I absolutely hate it! so does my sister.

I tried to convince my mom to quit and tell her that this *** Kumon has no use, but she just

wouldn't budge.

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I've been in the instructor community in Canada for a long long time now. In my opinion, Nicole Smith and her peeps are to Kumon what rabies is to a dog.

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I would second that opinion. Having been an instructor of Kumon in Toronto, I totally and completely agree that Nicole Smith is the poison that has caused a lot of stress and anxiety to the instructors in Canada and is a disgrace to other hardworking instructor community who care about children. If the Kumon Japan management is listening - PLEASE TERMINATE THE FRANCHISE OF NICOLE SMITH.

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You forgot to add that Nicole Smith has fake credentials. She lies about her credentials and gives false interviews to show off.

She ran away from Montreal for fear of being caught. Please take this criminal woman off the streets.

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You should take your grievances to the authorities. But first dig more on the psycho btich Nicole Smith.

Who knows, you may find a ton of dirt on her that will bolster your case with the authorities. You won't be alone because many parents must have been scammed by the *** Nicole Smith.

Please do not give up hope. Take such teachers to the cleaners.

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Is this Kumon teacher, Nicole Smith the same woman who was formerly a professional dominatrix in Montreal?

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Our kids unfortunately studied at this psycho's center in Montreal. I can say without doubt that Nicole Smith is a danger to children. The Kumon company should fire this lowlife woman.

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Is this woman who owns this tutoring center an alcoholic? I was told to avoid a tutor who moved from Montreal to Hamilton because the tutor had an alcoholic problem. Not sure if this is the same person.

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This is so bad. You should call that Kumon scamster on the mat.

Education has become the new scam with such dubious fraudsters like you have experienced at Kumon at Hamilton westend take advantage of poor unsuspecting and gullible parents.

I agree with Ed Allen that you should write to the better business bureau and the city Mayor and administration. Whoever gives these scamsters business licenses?

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Anonymous

Kumon - Teacher Review

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I had my two daughters at Kumon SW Arlington, TX. with David Pyon for 8 years. They did both math and reading. My wife and I could not have been more pleased with Mr. David and the results the Kumon method delivered for our daughters. Although the center can be busy on Tuesday and Thursday Mr.David was always pleasant, funny, engaging and a joy to interact with. When we had to discontinue attending due to moving, we felt like we were leaving a family member! We highly recommend the Kumon Center of SW Arlington, Tx
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