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Honduh · 01-20-2009, 03:22 PM

I went to UTI and it was complete garbage. The entire time I was in it I talked it up like it was something great. I went with two of my other friends and they hated it the entire time. I took the school 100% serious and did the best I could with all the idiots I had to deal with in class, and team mates not showing up or helping with group work. And it still sucked. The only good **** I got out of UTI was how to use scan tools and some diag stuff, but there is SOOO MUCH they have to teach you in a 3 week span, with 30 students in the class that the teachers just can't handle it. Also not to mention the teachers that choose favorites in the class and tend to help them out more.

I learned MORE in the 2 and a half years I was a tech after I graduated then I did the entire time I was in school. I also learned that being the new guy you deal with the worst of the worst and you don't get paid anywhere near what the guys doing all the gravy are doing.

I recently lost my job back in the end of September and it took me 3 months to find a new tech job, and I quit after 2 days of working there because it was such a mess of a shop.

There was a UTI Teacher (or a should say ex teacher) who was a member on here. He quit because of the **** that went on at UTI and how all they cared about was $$$ and not the students. His name was Jim Lewis.

I could go on about this FOREVER, but I'd rather not.

01-20-2009, 03:22 PM	#16
Honduh Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: May 2006 Member #1977 iTrader: (0)	I went to UTI and it was complete garbage. The entire time I was in it I talked it up like it was something great. I went with two of my other friends and they hated it the entire time. I took the school 100% serious and did the best I could with all the idiots I had to deal with in class, and team mates not showing up or helping with group work. And it still sucked. The only good ** I got out of UTI was how to use scan tools and some diag stuff, but there is SOOO MUCH they have to teach you in a 3 week span, with 30 students in the class that the teachers just can't handle it. Also not to mention the teachers that choose favorites in the class and tend to help them out more. I learned MORE in the 2 and a half years I was a tech after I graduated then I did the entire time I was in school. I also learned that being the new guy you deal with the worst of the worst and you don't get paid anywhere near what the guys doing all the gravy are doing. I recently lost my job back in the end of September and it took me 3 months to find a new tech job, and I quit after 2 days of working there because it was such a mess of a shop. There was a UTI Teacher (or a should say ex teacher) who was a member on here. He quit because of the ** that went on at UTI and how all they cared about was $$$ and not the students. His name was Jim Lewis. I could go on about this FOREVER, but I'd rather not.