Furniture Institute of Massachusetts

i give this school five stars… because i attended this school for two years of my life. many years ago i went to this school… mainly because my father had great respect for the instructor and his articles in the fine woodworking magazine. when i got accepted in to the school, my father was in complete shock. Now for the reality… the school is composed of only three students per year. this makes a total of 6 in the school. phil mainly teaches by giving you a wood tip or two, if your lucky. when I attended i shared my experience with two other students in my class… and one of them was phils personal helper. this student never walked out that door and is phils personal helper to this very day. back then, this young man was very young and loved to gossip and slander and create drama among the school. today he looks old and he might have grown up a bit. the point that im getting at is… the school had a large number of twenty year old students… all who had never signed a check on there own… phil was a very much aware of this and he knew that he was babysitting. while i write this i feel that you should think twice about attending this school… after all North Benett is only 40 minutes away. and Danny Faia is a great teacher who has a lot of energy and loves to teach… Phil was a jaded teacher 15 years ago… I can’t even think of him stilll teaching to this day… by believe me… he still is. Many years ago he told me to my face «I TEACH BECAUSE I LIKE TO TEACH. i DON’T OWE YOU BUDDY». Well. maybe that is true… maybe he did like to teach. but he also liked to have his personal assistant with him. and it was phil and Freddy who will gossip about you for years to come. P. S. if you have any doubts about what what you have read here. go to the N.B.S.S. and speak to Danny Faia. ask him about Phil and how he conducts his references outside the school. and metion this review.