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Originally Posted by white 2g awd
I'm looking at these classes; [url]
The one reason I didn't graduate (among other reasons I won't get into), I don't do good with books. I do great with hands on experience.
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Then your doing the right thing by going to a Community College, or Tech School. Although no matter what school you go to, you will have to pick up a book. And one thing I like about you is that you didnt blame ADD. If you can read and you have an interest in the subject matter, then picking up a book on cars should not give you a hard time.
I do however have a question. What is your goal for going to school? Are you going to just take a couple classes and get what you can out of it? or are you going to finish with a degree of some sort, (AA, Cert or BS). A lot of the guys will prolly disagree with me on this one but if you looking to actually get back into school, go until you get a degree in something. You dropped out of HS and got your GED, if you stick to the program and get your AA, cert or BS you will feel so much better about your schooling, and you will gain so much more from it.
As for whats better, books or hands on? Hands on definatly is ten times better, but the books are just filler. So say if your completely new to the engine, and your putting on a water pump (hypothetically speaking) so you have this water pump in your had and someone comes up to you and says "it goes there," well you just had hands on expirence but you missed something. What it does? Why it goes there? History behind it... etc... Books now days are pretty much only for filler.
Other then that your into the right cars for learning about engines, modding, etc. The community is great and always willing to help even if they come off as dicks sometime. LOL jk.
Welcome to the DSM Scene, be ready to get your hands dirty, unless your like mike (raptor) who doesnt want to break a nail so he wears gloves. Be careful though, I have caught mike looking at my ass many times....
Tom
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