<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Feb 22, 2011, at 8:53 AM, Michael Mol wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 1:43 PM, mooselikebriard <<a href="mailto:moosebriard@gmail.com">moosebriard@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">It appears that Davenport is about $11,500/year (in seat, 12 cr<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">hr/semester.) ITT does not advertise their tuition rates, but the best of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">what I can find is around $44,000 for two years, or twice as much per year<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Seems odd to avoid publishing tuition rates which is part of my apprehension<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">surrounding ITT. Thanks for the Davenport idea. They never occurred to me<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">and they have a campus here in Kzoo where I live.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I observe most institutions have one or two Unix/Linux classes in their BS<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">programs. Where can a person get schooled in those disciplines? I am<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">relatively new to the Linux world and am finding myself in some amount of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">awe at it's capability. I use it frequently at my job to salvage Windows<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">machines which to me says a lot (about Linux). I have 20 years of teaching<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">myself Windows......a speedier route to learn Linux would be great.<br></blockquote><br>There are a lot of certification programs out there which compress<br>semester-long courses into one-week or three-day hands-on runs.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">linux+ is a place to start if you really really want a cert.</font></div></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>At this stage, if you're considering spending the coin to go back to<br>school for a couple years, consider spending that same coin on a round<br>of certs and workshops. In the computer field, cert programs are<br>almost certainly going to be more up-to-speed on the industry than<br>college courses. (I've got an acquaintance who's taking a class<br>involving Fedora who has been having difficulty because the version of<br>Fedora they're using came out after their textbook)<br><br>Also, the best way to learn to do anything right is to eat your own<br>dogfood the way the cat learned to swim*. Back up your Windows<br>install, wipe your system, install Linux and go to town learning how<br>to use it.<br><br>Finally, there are a lot of good general knowledge books available on<br>just about any subject you want to pick up.<br><br>Or take the slightly less insane route and wean yourself more slowly. :)<br><br>* Don't you just _love_ mixed metaphors?<br><br>-- <br>:wq<br><br>-- <br>This message has been scanned for viruses and<br>dangerous content by MailScanner, and is<br>believed to be clean.<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>grlug mailing list<br><a href="mailto:grlug@grlug.org">grlug@grlug.org</a><br>http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug</div></blockquote></div><br><br />--
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