AYES, anyone done it?

[R.OConnor]

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?

[blindeyed]

Nah, never heard of it. Details?

[flatlander757]

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

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!

www.ayes.org

[bag91]

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

[89IROC&RS]

my highschool didnt even have shop

[R.OConnor]

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

[bag91]

Originally Posted by 89IROC&RS

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

[philly rs]

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.

[blindeyed]

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?

[Morley]

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?

[bag91]

What the hell has happened to education in this country?


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

[Earlsfat]

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.

[sped95]

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.

[-Josh-]

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

[stepho]

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)