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That's mostly true.
Lee — (archived)

Most of the people who attend vacational training schools are slackers and people with no desire to better themselves. All they want is to draw a government check. I've seen this first hand. I attended a vocational school last year for drafting. The training was excellent. I was using brand new software like AutoCAD 2008 and Inventer 2008, and we had just recieved a rapid prototyping machine. I attended class 6 hours a day 5 days a week, and averaged around 20 hours a week on AutoCAD. The amount of training I recieved was far more than what I would've recieved had I attended a conventional college type program.

The problem was that out of the 22 students in the class, only around 3 were actually capable of getting a job. Everyone else was in there simply to fill seats. About half were on probation for one offense or another. The others were too stoned to pass a drug test should they get an interview. The sad thing was that the instructor had no say on who came into his class. It was all a numbers game to get state funding. Warm bodies = $$$.

I busted my rear, got through the 18 month course in 10 months, and am now working for a local manufacturing company as a drafter making a very good living. The training is there for anyone who wants to get it. Too bad so much of it is wasted on people with no desire to actually apply themselves. It's those type of people who give the entire vocational system a bad name.

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