10-22-2011, 05:21 PM
I'm not surprised... I have a brother in law who works in the industry for one of those 'we have a university EVERYWHERE institutes of 'higher learning'. He *does* have standards for grading, most of his students are professionals getting a higher degree for work, at night. But he's seen the same things you have.
When I think of that kind of "industry" I think of 'comp e w t er training dot comm' (deliberate mangle to avoid pagelinks). My future son in law looked into that for his A+ certification. They wanted $30K for '2 years of in depth training'.
He went to a local community college and got certified in 8 months. For about $2,500. And was taught by people who were actually doing the job, and knew the subject matter.
I support the local community college process.. it's these institutes that offer decent education (I call it High School +1 and +2, since the High Schools are failing to cover the basics due to the teach to the test syndrome courtesy of No Child Left Unscrewed), at a reasonable price.
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Good luck, try to stick to your principles and hang on to your soul.
When I think of that kind of "industry" I think of 'comp e w t er training dot comm' (deliberate mangle to avoid pagelinks). My future son in law looked into that for his A+ certification. They wanted $30K for '2 years of in depth training'.
He went to a local community college and got certified in 8 months. For about $2,500. And was taught by people who were actually doing the job, and knew the subject matter.
I support the local community college process.. it's these institutes that offer decent education (I call it High School +1 and +2, since the High Schools are failing to cover the basics due to the teach to the test syndrome courtesy of No Child Left Unscrewed), at a reasonable price.
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Good luck, try to stick to your principles and hang on to your soul.