My dad taught auto mechanics in the Boise State vo-tech department for years. They could guarantee any of their graduates a job as they had shops waiting in line to hire them. Then the government got involved. 1st they cut the program from 18 months to 11. There wasn't enough time in 11 months to teach what needed to be taught. Then they started giving preference to prison early releases, welfare recipients, etc., those who were being paid to go to school, or to be baby sat is more accurate. There was no longer room for the students who really wanted to become mechanics. It completely destroyed the program and in just a few years, they couldn't give their graduates away. They didn't want to work and weren't competent to push brooms. Dad was able to retire in the middle of that and he was really glad to get out. He'd been part of building a great program and he was sick to see it destroyed by the feds.
This was quite a few years ago. I don't know if the program still exists and if it does, whether it's improved any.
