Professionalism?

At school, from day one we have taken classes in professional development. We learn what it means to be professional as a therapist. Things like how to deal with difficult clients, what is expected of therapists in the code of ethics and that sort of thing. There are two massage schools in Saskatoon for those of you who don't know, McKay, where I go, and the Professional Institute of Massage Therapy(PIMT). When I was looking into schools to go to, everyone I talked to unanimously told me that McKay was the place to go. Sure their building doesn't look as pretty from the outside and maybe it's not as new, but I heard the instructors and the program itself was second to none! So when it was time to choose between schools, I chose McKay, and have never looked back. At our school we don't make a habit out of putting down the other school, if we hear something about them, we might talk about it, but we realize that anyone who is going there probably weighed the pros and cons of each school and chose that one. I do have a point to my ramblings here...

Yesterday, two girls from PIMT booked into our clinic at school and came in and were treated. They told their therapists that they were university of saskatchewan students who were interested in perhaps pursuing massage therapy in the future. Basically they complained throughout the whole treatment, and at the end they gave the therapists scathing evaluations on the evaluation sheets. Everything was 'unsatisfactory'. I have been to one of those poor therapists and she is really good. This is unacceptable behavior in my mind. What in the world would possess them to do that?!?! Obviously they had planned to do this, because they both had stories laid out about who they were. But one of them slipped up and it came out that she was a student at PIMT, and we assume the other one was as well, because she had the same story about being a U of S student and used terminology on her evaluation sheet that the average person would not know.

I just wonder who put those ideas into their head? Someone said they overheard them talking that it was an 'assignment' for one of their classes. If that's true, wow. It just really really ticks me off that they think they can do that. I can honestly say I have thought about going over to their school for a treatment, just to check them out, but I would NEVER do anything so immature and unprofessional. So this morning, our program director called over to PIMT and tore a strip off of the program director over there. I hope that those students are disciplined severely.

That's my rant for the day ;) Other than that, not a whole lot new with me....in the last week, 2 girls at school have gotten engaged! Both have been dating their boyfriends for 4-5 years, so I guess it's about time ;) I am so happy spring is here!! Yay for spring! I need to paint my toenails and start wearing sandals!!