Hello everyone, well just registered and happy that i did. i am in need of some advice from people who are in the electronic field or anyone that may be a teacher of electronics or someone that went to a trade school....
My dilema is i am kinda in a rut and dont have anyone to talk to about it.
I really want to go to school and get somewhere, right now i hate my job and cannot see myself doing this more then another year. so i decided to go with electronics since my father is a electrical engineer and he made great money and now retired which i do not see me doing inless i get some schooling.
i am married and have two small girls which means i cannot go to school full time like i want to and believe me right now i am beating myself i didnt do this years ago.
so i guy i work with is going to a school called Coyne american institute for a electrical construction maintenance which is like a certificate or just a diploma not a associates or bachelors degree and they have night classes.
so i got alittle curious looked them up and met with them.
i decided to go with there electrical systems technician diploma program. just about 12,000 dollars for the 1.5 years. so i started this past april and now am into the 3rd month or class. the first two classes were not bad...
well, we just had a two week summer break and i do not remember anything i learned i do but not like right off the top of my head. so we started new class this monday and the teacher didnt know what classes we had before this new class, he didnt know what chapters for us to read and he was telling us he usually gets the guys who are about to graduate. well, we read are first chapt monday night after that chapter we read another i was like wow i need to read this more then once and i can do that on my own time. i would like to learn or do things there i cannot do myself which is what i thought i paid for... so last night we go to school and thought we were gonna take a test but ended up lab all night but without the teacher they had a sub comein and he was terrible didnt tell us his name and didnt teach or help us with anything till the end of the night which we had a projector and went over power point presentation. so now i feel i am two days behind and i try reading the chapter 12 and 13 and its not staying with me... i would have to sell my house and move in with the inlaws and quit my job if i wanted to go to school full time all day but dont think selling the house will be fast with the market the way it is. so i feel i have to stick it out.
now i know i am still learning the foundation, but will i get more in depth as it goes on or does this school sound not worth the money??? i want to work testing circuits or working on hospital equipment not really into being an electrician. i look on the net but cannot find any help. thanks
My dilema is i am kinda in a rut and dont have anyone to talk to about it.
I really want to go to school and get somewhere, right now i hate my job and cannot see myself doing this more then another year. so i decided to go with electronics since my father is a electrical engineer and he made great money and now retired which i do not see me doing inless i get some schooling.
i am married and have two small girls which means i cannot go to school full time like i want to and believe me right now i am beating myself i didnt do this years ago.
so i guy i work with is going to a school called Coyne american institute for a electrical construction maintenance which is like a certificate or just a diploma not a associates or bachelors degree and they have night classes.
so i got alittle curious looked them up and met with them.
i decided to go with there electrical systems technician diploma program. just about 12,000 dollars for the 1.5 years. so i started this past april and now am into the 3rd month or class. the first two classes were not bad...
well, we just had a two week summer break and i do not remember anything i learned i do but not like right off the top of my head. so we started new class this monday and the teacher didnt know what classes we had before this new class, he didnt know what chapters for us to read and he was telling us he usually gets the guys who are about to graduate. well, we read are first chapt monday night after that chapter we read another i was like wow i need to read this more then once and i can do that on my own time. i would like to learn or do things there i cannot do myself which is what i thought i paid for... so last night we go to school and thought we were gonna take a test but ended up lab all night but without the teacher they had a sub comein and he was terrible didnt tell us his name and didnt teach or help us with anything till the end of the night which we had a projector and went over power point presentation. so now i feel i am two days behind and i try reading the chapter 12 and 13 and its not staying with me... i would have to sell my house and move in with the inlaws and quit my job if i wanted to go to school full time all day but dont think selling the house will be fast with the market the way it is. so i feel i have to stick it out.
now i know i am still learning the foundation, but will i get more in depth as it goes on or does this school sound not worth the money??? i want to work testing circuits or working on hospital equipment not really into being an electrician. i look on the net but cannot find any help. thanks