“Dear John: I wanted to thank you for teaching me how to swim. You are an amazing teacher and I’m impressed that I learned so much in four lessons. I was afraid of swimming after having had bad experiences. I have wanted to take swimming lessons for a while but I always found excuses not to follow through. I recently broke my ankle and it motivated me to do it. I did not want to take group classes because I knew that I wasn’t going to get much attention. I was just going to waste my time and it was going to reinforce my belief that swimming was not for me.

Taking private lessons is the way to go. I’m so glad that I found you on the Internet. You gave me the security to face my fears and you taught me to relax and enjoy myself. I also appreciate your sense of humor, patience and the way you explained everything.”