Journalism isn’t about simply parroting what a person tells you.
Plus most community colleges have deals with their state’s 4 years colleges to allow easy transfers. It’s honestly the best way to not spend an arm and a leg to get a 4 year degree.
I think the same shit when I see these “Code Academies” that are such the rage these days. “3 MONTHS AND YOU TOO CAN BE MAKING MILLIONS AT A STARTUP!!1111 APPLY NOW!”
Yeah I think that was a bad bit of editorial on Torch’s part. We’re having serious problems in this country with the for-profit education industry, particularly with regards to its abuse of the GI Bill. If the complaints the Redditor is making are valid then there are issues that need to be looked at and addressed.
Community college still has a serious stigma attached to it that only the dumb kids or failures go to them. People need to come to the realization that not everyone needs (or is capable) of attending a four year university and that a community college is often a perfectly capable and affordable alternative.
“You don’t just get to that level...you got to earn your way there. So this class almost seems to be fulfilling people with false hope that they can get out and instantly start modifying cars for a living”
“Whether or not that is actually worth the added cost is up to each person to decide, of course.” doesn’t cut it when you’re taking GI Bill money.
Under normal circumstances I’d probably be meh whatever about a story like this. But one thing stuck out that is seriously pissing me off. This “school”, and I’m using the term school loosely here, is accepting GI Bill money. The amount of supposed “schools” out there that prey on young folks in the military with…
Yeah I’m surprised Torch let Hennessey get away with that. It was a giant non-answer.
Important points you didn’t have Hennessey address:
“Hennessey said it had to do with the focus: where a community college class would be more about repairing cars for eventual jobs at tire places or places like Jiffy Lube, the Tuner School is more about modifying cars for performance.”
Counterpoint: if you watch the tuner school youtube video, John Hennessey’s exact words: “students can literally come out of their classroom, and go into the workshop, which is right outside the door, and literally take the vehicle they are working on and go to the drag strip if it’s a sunny clear day.” Not having…
People that work at Jiffy Lube changing oil or at Les Schwab changing tires have barely any training, Torch. Community Colleges usually offer coursework that puts students on track to get ASE certifications, with the goal of producing master techs.
Hennessey’s responses seem to pretty much duck the meat of the accusations, namely that the school isn’t worth the money.
It’ll be hilarious if it’s just a copy paste routine that infests all their diesel software and they didn’t even realize was there:
Car Builder: What kinda look are you going for with this 458 at SEMA?
#priorities
Pastrami is the most sensual of meats.
I’d be doing way worse things. And it’s because of that fact that the universe keeps me where I’m at.