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Dear Lisa (and the rest of the ITM family),
First off, I want to thank you for providing me with not only a great education, but a career that I truly enjoy.
When I first started looking for a massage school in New Jersey, I was enjoying a successful career in the business sector, but felt unsatisfied and disconnected from any human aspect in the work that I was doing. Over time, my daily routine became more about the paycheck I received than about doing what held meaning to me or made a difference in the lives of others.
When a close friend of mine became ill, I spent a significant amount of time talking with her about life, what truly determined happiness and success, and the things that we can do to manifest what we want for our self. The time we spent together helped shed light on how I wanted to earn a living, and gave me the motivation needed to find the means to reach that end.
I chose to learn massage therapy because of the incredible diversity of opportunity that stems from that form of training. Not only are there innumerable options within the field itself, but I also saw it as a springboard that could take me into other areas. I have incredible flexibility in my work schedule (which allows me to be the family woman I want to be), I continue to be challenged through experience and continuing education (I am frequently going to seminars and hands on training), and I work in a spa as well as having private clients (which gives me a structured environment along with the opportunity to be entrepreneurial). Being the detail-oriented person that I am, I looked at many of the massage schools in my area and chose yours after careful consideration – much to my happiness as I have seen how my education compares to those in my field. What drew me to ITM was the fact that you are a nice sized school that is owned and run my massage therapists. It was my feeling that a corporate chain school really didn’t have the knowledge and expertise needed to train me properly. They also seemed to focus more on how many bodies they got through the door than providing the quality of education that is necessary to help me have a long term career. I couldn’t see myself learning how to perform a massage in a room next to people who were learning how to fix computers, and didn’t feel it was necessary to wear a uniform. Among the private schools, I absolutely loved your facilities, the staff, and the family oriented environment that seemed to exist. Admittedly, the academic component of learning to be a massage therapist was challenging, but there was always assistance available when needed, and our class became quite close and supportive of each other. I appreciated that there was no pressure put on me at your school to join, and that Judy (the admissions person) took an incredible amount of time to speak with me. She did so openly, answered every question that I had, and did not malign any other school; something that I can’t say didn’t occur elsewhere. Also, everything she told me was accurate, which was something that I didn’t always find to be true at other schools. The other institutions used negativ |
