Terms and conditions

1. Payment. The Student/ Parent agrees to pay Defeating The Odds,  ("DTO") the agreed upon package or hourly rate (between $15 and $135 per day/month) for tutoring services. The Student/Parent understands that he/she will be charged for time in one hour increments. The student/parent will pay his/her bill online via PayPal, cash or check. Students/parents must schedule all tutoring hours within 10 days. All unused tutoring hours will be void 90 days after purchase and will neither be redeemable nor refundable after that time.

2. Cancellation. If the Student/parent cancels a session on less than 24 hours' notice, the Student will be billed for that session. The Student/parent may cancel a prepaid session up to one hour before the scheduled time for reasons of a family emergency or sickness and apply any pre‐payment to a future session. Lessons not attended for any other reason by the student without giving 24 hours prior notice to the Tutor shall be charged at the full rate. If the Tutor cancels a session for any reason and at any time more than 24 hours prior to the start of the session, we will apply that payment to a future session that the Tutor and Student agree upon.

3. Location. Discretion of the tutor.

4. Obligations of the Student. The parent will provide information to the Tutor to assess and identify subject areas that the Student requires specific tutoring.The Student agrees that assignments, exercises or homework form an integral part of tutoring and undertakes to complete such work thoroughly and promptly.

6. Scheduling Time. It is the parent's responsibility to make sure the schedule is accurate.

7. No Guarantees or Warranties. The Student/Parent understands that DTO does not guarantee any specific outcomes as a result of tutoring. DTO will provide a tutor to help the student succeed. The rest depends on the student.

8. Waiver of Negligence. The Student/Parent waives any negligence on the part of DTO regarding the hiring or supervision of the Tutor, or the Tutor's actual conduct.

9. Limitation of Liability. In the event of litigation, DTO total liability shall not exceed the amount of money Student paid DTO for services rendered.

10. Termination. This tutoring contract may be terminated by either party at any time by giving the other party seven days prior written notice.

11. Minors. Where the Student is a legal minor, the Parent/Guardian shall enter into this tutoring contract on behalf of the Student and shall accept and agree to all the terms and conditions contained herein on behalf of the Student.

12. Merger Clause. This contract represents the complete agreement between the Student and DTO. It can only be modified in writing. The website is not part of the contract.

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