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I have an Associates degree in automotive technology. I went through a program at a junior college. I can say for sure it is a 100% get what you put in situation. I was in class with many of the same people as we worked through the program curriculum. In these classes more than half the people were ditching the lab time, cutting the lecture. Trying to beg TAs to sign off labs without doing anything. They come out of it with a certificate and nothing. I used to TA some of the classes as I was nearing graduation and these kids would tell me "I don't need to know how to use a multimeter, I'm going to build hot rods" or a simple "I will never have to do that" It used to make me crazy because I was actually thinking about being a technician as a career and I took it seriously. If you want to get paid and be a professional, BE A PROFESSIONAL!!! Show up, put in the work, learn and be a valuable asset when you get out into the workforce. I was mad because some of these dunces will actually obtain a certificate with a 2.0 GPA, no knowledge, no motivation, and have the same credential as me when we try to apply for jobs. Towards the end of my career in that school (180 units) I worked with the instructors to help rework the program to combat these problems, mandatory uniforms, more TAs to deter cutting, lab cheating, standardized testing that wont allow moving on without passing basic knowledge portions. Anyway. It fired me up reading about the UTI situation and all that. It brought up some of these memories.As far as the vintage bike situation, how's this for an idea. I would assume there is a bit of money to kick start the school program. What if a portion of this money is spent buying bike parts, carcasses, basket cases etc. Use these bikes to take apart tinker, learn and sell. Use the money to buy different bikes to take apart tinker, and do an independent study situation. Take pictures and build a portfolio. A professional one. Then he can take it to interviews. "there is no school to do what I wanted to I learned on my own" Employers will love that, it shows a smart, self motivated person. As a person that hire sand interviews people, this is a rare breed. If your local community colleges have a auto program that will teach, electricity, brakes, and the basic mechanics that can be translated to the bike world. Also some job hopping could help depending how deep he wants to go, work at a machine shop, weld shop, body shop. Even sweeping the floor in places like that you can learn a lot asking questions and showing a willingness to learn. As stated earlier, if there is a burning desire to do this there is nothing in the way. Hopefully there was something useful in there. I felt a little bit like I was ranting. Sorry if that was the case ;-T
Let me suggest he contact the Barber Museum to see if they could use a helper/apprentice. Pete
Important points. Interviewing, applying for a job, writing a resume and where to look for a job listing or a potential one are job skills that are not taught at school.
Not true, it depends on the school... But perhaps it's too often true.