Let's get the basics about myself and why I was dragged into a mess called "Kumon". In my opinion, Kumon is absolute trash to send your children to, or to work for. So, pretty much I was sent there for being an energetic kid, and our school didn't hand out homework (it's a policy my primary school had that I was grateful for), and I was one of those "smart" kids. My folks decided that I needed something to do, so wowie zowie here comes Kumon. And so starts this journey. I was in 3rd or 4th grade when I was there, and as I said, I didn't really need help at all for my grade level work. My Mother was probably just jealous she had to do homework when she was young (I'm sorry, but today is the 1970's in Asia, this is 2010's in Australia, and I'm sorry your curriculum was different, but that's not my fault). We got in, and they said some stuff about "self learning". I had to take a test, and I wasn't aware of what was happening, but looking back, it's pretty weird they put me at the bottom. I worked my way up, and school started to become more boring than it used to be. Not only that, but I only "learned" half the stuff because it's just ARITHMETIC not actual problems you see in real life. I was given loads of work, even on holidays, and all of them were uninteresting pieces of paper with unrealistic problems. We had to mark our own work (lazy, much! we basically paid for paper with ink on it!) and repeat the same junk if we got one or two questions incorrect. After awhile, I was a few years ahead of my grade level, and stuff became quite hard. I couldn't be bothered to do the work because it was just the same s//t over and over again. My parents didn't want to mark stuff, the work was stuff my parents didn't understand, and it just sucked. After we quit, I was so much more relieved, and so was everyone else. I couldn't imagine how much worse it would be if I had to do it again, the anxiety is just too much, and I don't need this crap. I came onto here, and I was horrified of the stories about the crimes against children, this "Nicole Smith" who sounds like an absolute maniac, and just the whole idea of lifeless hours spent solving irrelevant maths problems is awful. And even better, I might be dragged back there with no consideration with how I feel (and since I'm older, I should have a say in things) and for a completely bogus reason. I'm being punished because people only judge me for how "good I am at school". I hope this company goes bankrupt, and that parents know what the f//k they're doing before taking their kids there. Thank you for reading, and I hope you have a second think about Kumon.