AYES, anyone done it?

Havent been around much, been busy and such, starting some AYES program (automotive youth education system, thought the S could be wrong) So now im working in a repair shop with a mentor and such.

Basically I was just wondering if any have heard of it/ are doing it/ did it?

Nah, never heard of it. Details?

yep, ill be doing it next year and the year after :smile:

for anyone that doesnt know, basically its a program that works with vocational schools that students go to during their high school day(it's taken as an elective) for automotive service technician. basically they set you up with a mentorship(paid!) and at its taken during your junior and senior year. also you graduate ASE-certified.

ill start it next year! can't wait! :grinno:

www.ayes.org

Never heard of it.....
but since im out of high school it doesnt make a difference. Doing auto in College

my highschool didnt even have shop :(

Well for us its not an elective, we just work 40 hour weeks suring the summer (I suppose I should kiss my summer goodbye)

So far I like it, I just got all my snap-on tools which is pretty cool (not a lot for $3000 value, still need standard wrenches, torque wrench, and some other stuff). yeah, but to all high school students who would like to be techs, LOOK INTO AYES

my highschool didnt even have shop :(
Me neither. What the crap is with that?
Thats like a guy hooked on cigs being told theres no more?!?!?!?!
The relation is vague but there....lol

damn thats cool we had stuff like that in school, i was going to do the one that was for learning to be a pilot but it was 9th through 12th grade. thats sweet u young fellas get to jump start yourselves like that, good luck bro's.

Yeah, all my high school had was woodshop and metalshop.. which were both taught by the same teacher in the same classroom, only at different periods of the day. And I just found out that the teacher who taught that is retiring after next school year, and they're not going to find a replacement afterwards. They're just going to do away with both the classes. That's just bull crap. What madness is that to have a highschool with no automotive class, and soon to be no woodshop or metalshop?

Haha, some backwoods schools there. We had a Vo-tech program at my HS waaaaaayyyy back. They had: Autoshop, Carpentry, Masonary, Welding, Plumbing, Electrical, Forestry, Cosmotology (for the girls), Secretarial class (again. girls), and A & P mechanics (probably a couple others I can't remember) All this and back in the dark ages of the 70's.
What the hell has happened to education in this country?

What the hell has happened to education in this country?


going on a brisk walk....DOWN HILL!!!

I guess they figure all the "menial" work will be outsourced to foreign countries anyway. God knows I wish I could have taken an auto shop course or 6.

yea, Im in the program, but the gay ass dealer im working with wouldnt buy the tools, so i had to go buy them, which I would of ended up doing anyway, but Im still mad,lol.

My dad works with that program at his shop, it's a very good program if you have a good automotive program backing you up, you'll get excellent training. Good luck man :bigthumb:

I took a semester of Auto shop... the Teacher was a ricer kind of guy and we didn't get along when I asked where the other half of his engine was in his "race car." (It was a straight 4)

We have an auto class at the vocational school, but the teacher is supposed to be less than great with cars and car knowledge. My cousin took the class and said it's a waste of time, so I didn't take it.

man that's too bad. i found out my instructor owns a nascar stock car, an alcohol funny car, and we've got a full chassis dyno at the school :smile: he said he likes to take students with him to be his pit crew. apparently hes fairly famous. has anyone ever heard of Mark Mahn(e)?

Not at my school. I wish we had a good program like that, I would be sure to take it. Not even for the degree, just learn how to work on the cars myself.

*Our teacher has an old Porsche, and a first generation Camaro, but everyone says he can't teach you for crap, you're better off with a Hayne's manual.

My automotive educational system.... evesdrop on conversations at car shows. Cuz you have all the old people with money talking about what they had to do with this or that to get it goin and pull out an extra .2 in the quarter or what have you. They usually dont mind. They just nod at me and keep on goin and ill throw a question in here or there. I like car people.

oh yeah ....and haynes manual... somewhat important(very much so)...

Porsches are so nice...i almost bought an 88 944 turbo...sweet car....but i couldnt bare the thought of losing my camaro...and i couldnt afford the insurance.