10-22-2011, 04:29 PM
Thanks for sharing that. I've been pretty shocked at what I've read about this "industry" of late. Did you know that Goldman Sachs invested billions into for-profit education and turned it into the recruiting machine that it is now?
One of my son's friends decided to attend culinary school at the Seattle Art Institute instead of going to traditional college. He will spend $80K (or his parents will) to get a 3-year bachelor's degree in "restaurant management."
My experience is that nobody gets hired to be a chef or run a restaurant without working their way up and impressing people with demonstrated talent and experience, not degrees. This kid has never had a paying job. I think he's in a for a rude surprise when he's done, assuming he follows this through.
I've read the stories about kids getting this training and then getting a $8/hour job at a bakery that they could've gotten right out of high school...and they're stuck w/tens of thousands in loans.
It's criminal. Well at least it should be.
One of my son's friends decided to attend culinary school at the Seattle Art Institute instead of going to traditional college. He will spend $80K (or his parents will) to get a 3-year bachelor's degree in "restaurant management."
My experience is that nobody gets hired to be a chef or run a restaurant without working their way up and impressing people with demonstrated talent and experience, not degrees. This kid has never had a paying job. I think he's in a for a rude surprise when he's done, assuming he follows this through.
I've read the stories about kids getting this training and then getting a $8/hour job at a bakery that they could've gotten right out of high school...and they're stuck w/tens of thousands in loans.
It's criminal. Well at least it should be.