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Thank you, NY Times, for publishing this: In Hard Times, Lured Into Trade School and Debt.

Yup, you’ve seen them before–the advertisements for ITT Tech and Western Culinary Institute (apparently now doing business as Le Cordon Bleu).  I’d always wondered about those.  At most companies where I’ve worked, there was usually a tech department.  However, I don’t think I’ve ever heard of any of our tech guys coming from ITT Tech.  Nor have I heard of chefs becoming Jamie Oliver or Kylie Kwong after studying at Western Culinary Institute.  Nor have I heard of guys maintaining relationships with what I would consider to be desirable women after taking a pickup class.  People think they can pay money to become what they want to be, and schools encourage this thinking with dishonest marketing.  What these poor students usually get from these trade schools, according to the article, are big school loans with no career benefits.