Random Ranting

Just about to go to bed, at 3:30 AM....Yeah, I know. I have no excuse. Anyway. I am planning on attending The Art Institute of California: Los Angeles but it's a new plan. It's fresh. And I have probably a good year to plan this move through and through. So, I took my intrigue to Google because I wanted to know. Is this a good school? I looked for a bunch of reviews so I could get an idea of how good it really is. I can't really say anything about the Art Institutes in California except that the only review I read about them was that it was one of the best campuses to attend. But as for other campuses such as Pittsburgh or Chicago or Seattle, I read a bunch of horrible reviews. They were just horrific, I tell you. Now, before I move on to the good reviews, let me explain the nature of the bad reviews. Most of them were explaining how the School doesn't keep it's promises. They say that they give great education and ready you for the future and getting a job in the field that you want, but then they don't follow through and a lot of people end up not getting jobs when they graduate. This is understandable and yes I've heard and seen this before with many others schools. But this is how I feel about it. You go to school. You work hard. You set yourself up to get a good job when you graduate. Intern. Network. Don't just sit on your ass, which I'm sure many of those angry students did. A lot of kids these days expect things to be handed to them. As if they have to just sit in class, do homework, get a passing grade, and when they graduate a great job will fall right into their lap. What an idiotic thing to assume, right? Other complaints were that the school was a scam and they get you to sign these contracts that set you up to fail. Now, in my head, I'm thinking...How can it be their fault when you signed a contract? Now, I can understand if people are furious that they are now in debt, have no job, and their credit is getting messed up due to the mess. I completely understand where the anger would come from. But to blame all that on a school? Really? I mean, school isn't free. We all know that. And schools set you up with loans to help you go to a school you obviously want to go to. You can't pay in cash. You can't pull the money out of you ass. So, what did you expect? You signed a contract, on top of that. So, obviously you were aware that you were entering college and you were aware of the prices. This school is expensive. Way too expensive in my opinion but there aren't a million options out there for the field I want to enter. Now, for the good stuff. Some people actually had good things to say about AI. I know, surprising. Someone actually said something pleasant on the internet. They should be banned. But anyway, according to some other people who decided to review the school, it's actually a great school. They're just not a school that holds your hand through the process. They do have recruiters, but it's your decision entirely to put yourself in a position to enroll there. Once you enroll, school is great and if you work really really hard, you will go far. Now I saw a bunch of reviews talking about how a lot of students go there and don't really try hard and therefore don't go far. Which made me think. If I had no interest in the field I was taking in college and would have rather just play around and skate my way through college, I'd be pretty bitter too if when I got my degree, I couldn't get a decent job. That would just make me so mad. Especially for all of that money I would have paid. I honestly think it's funny. I can almost read these people I don't even know. How they get unnecessarily angry and outright filled with rage at a school, baffles me. School has one job and one job only, teach students. Then you have your financial aid offices who are there if you decide to poke your head inside and bug them enough to give you the right information. As for admissions, they're there too if you take the time out of your busy schedule to poke your head inside their doors. As for AI, I don't know what type of impression to form because I get bad reviews and I get good reviews. But one thing I do see is that the good reviews reflect entirely off of the bad reviews. Of course people are going to bad mouth a school that they failed at. It's inevitable. But it does get me thinking. And it will keep me thinking until I ultimately decide to go and see for myself what that school is all about. People are definitely evil though. Unethical creatures walk this earth just like everyone else. And anyone who thought they were safe from them, well it's there, where you made your mistake my friend. Be careful.