tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128951.post7234974547671853386..comments2024-01-19T14:17:05.124-08:00Comments on The Gorman Blog: Tough Being a Dad SometimesPeter Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04010025416629344748noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128951.post-3719671973144257042007-08-27T18:34:00.000-07:002007-08-27T18:34:00.000-07:00Hi Peter,When I took up guitar at 15 my Dad bought...Hi Peter,<BR/><BR/>When I took up guitar at 15 my Dad bought me a cheap ass guitar from the neighbor for $20 bucks to test my resolve. When I was still playing it a year later he got me a much nicer guitar for christmas. I still have it. My point being there are much less expensive ways to get started. Find out exactly what it is Marco wants to learn (video, internet, computer repair) and I can help you find the resources to get him started. If he's really motivated to learn then he can get quite a bit from books and multimedia training materials that won't break your bank. <BR/><BR/>I actually went to a graphic design vocational school in LA. I thought myself HTML and got a break at an internet start up. There is something to be said for going to school but a lot of these tech schools want way too much money. <BR/><BR/>let me know if I can help. <BR/>cheers<BR/>PhoenixPhoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332694791158271296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128951.post-79886364206129009072007-08-25T18:07:00.000-07:002007-08-25T18:07:00.000-07:00Its funny, even the preschools are like that- they...Its funny, even the preschools are like that- they want your cash and can find a way for you to "afford" them before you ever agree to sending your kids to them. I swear the banks, schools and "grant givers" are all in cahoots....but then I'm paranoid...bamboohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08826063942691904531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128951.post-53022471195817332162007-08-25T17:54:00.000-07:002007-08-25T17:54:00.000-07:00Thank you. 44 very negative comments have been pos...Thank you. 44 very negative comments have been posted since 2005, and several have a dozen or more equally negative responses. As the school in question only has 43,000 students at its 87 campuses annually, that's quite a high number.<BR/> I appreciate the input and was glad to see that so far the people who hate my tours have not discovered this little site: No negatives on me as yet.<BR/>Thanks,<BR/>PGPeter Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010025416629344748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128951.post-48023928189736430832007-08-25T11:43:00.000-07:002007-08-25T11:43:00.000-07:00You might try googling the school name in quote ma...You might try googling the school name in quote marks and scam. e.g. "school name" scam. See what pops up. Might be interesting.Dr. Grossmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17667727223824129947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128951.post-37782744968025395092007-08-25T10:56:00.000-07:002007-08-25T10:56:00.000-07:00Don't even get me started on military recruiters: ...Don't even get me started on military recruiters: I don't mind the guys who sit in recruiting centers waiting for wanna be tough guys, but I have nothing but contempt for the telemarketers, the guys visiting 16year-olds in high school, promising new cars and colleges. telling them they'll never amount to anything if they don't sign up and so forth. My son Marco almost signed up about a hear and a half ago, at 17, when a recruiter promised him that he would work on jet engines and jet computer systems if he'd only sign up with the Navy as a junior. Even better, he'd get to finish both junior and senior years before he had to show up for induction.Peter Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010025416629344748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128951.post-81699708261719984312007-08-25T10:48:00.000-07:002007-08-25T10:48:00.000-07:00I totally understand. My beautiful son was swept a...I totally understand. My beautiful son was swept away by an Army recruiter who promised him all-tuition-paid art school after his tour of duty. Although I protested, begged, and reasoned, off he went anyway, smack into the first Gulf War. I didn't have the leverage of refusing to pay for what I saw as a very bad deal indeed. (He never made it to that art school.)magshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928268343277891831noreply@blogger.com