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Dear Prospective Student,
I would like to offer my highest
recommendation for the course of study offered through The
International Butler Academy.
The instructors are first-rate. They come
prepared, and what they have to say is relevant as well as
practical. They speak with authority and offer direct and
honest feedback, and remain flexible always in maintaining
an open dialogue. They know and understand the world you’re
entering into as a butler, but appreciate as well your role
within that world, and show you how to adapt.
The course itself is designed to immerse
you in this world, to acquaint you with its personalities,
to subject you to its demands, to give you a sense
ultimately of its scale. How quickly this needs doing, how
detailed here your planning has to be, how little or much to
say at this particular instance, etc. As with all practical
learning you learn by doing, and only afterwards appreciate
the effect it’s had upon you.
The field trips are special. The school’s
Chairman has a clear sense of what is good, of what is
memorable and worth experiencing, and finds a way of
bringing those experiences to his students. Their effect is
always sudden, and often unexpected, and complements
beautifully the other elements of the course.
A sense of accomplishment in the end is
unavoidable. There certainly isn’t any time to reflect, and
it’s all you can do to remain focused throughout the whole
of the eight weeks. Indeed it’s this focus, more than
anything else, which stays with you in the end, which
underpins the skills that you acquire, and through which
finally you begin, gradually, to inhabit your role as a
butler.
I wish to thank TIBA for what it’s
offered me – for pushing me and allowing me the chance to
prove myself, for introducing me to the people it has, for
insisting that "more than enough" is still not enough, and
also for its support. I cannot speak for other schools, but
I can only say you will not wonder afterwards whether you
made the right choice in attending The International Butler
Academy.
Sincerely,
Daniel Oliphant - USA
Graduate of The International Butler Academy
November 2011 |
