Re: MT Apprenticeship?


Jeannie Wilson Wrote:
> mountain <mountain.219z12@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote here for all to
> seenews:mountain.219z12@xxxxxxxxxx:
>
> > Old guards like myself and many of my peers never had a formal MT
> > education. We were all OJTs and had a really hard time getting into
> the
> > business. At least with the apprenticeship program, new grads will
> have
> > an easier way.
>
> But...will the easier way necessarily be the best way or will it
> actually
> make _you_ better? I am not all that thrilled about apprenticeship
> programs for MT. The MTs get paid beans and really, for that little
> amount
> of money, would you really try your best? I mean, honestly? I don't
> know
> that I would work my tail off for peanuts with the hopes of getting
> more
> when really, the line rate for MT has been stagnant or worse for years
> and
> years. The apprenticeship programs are not doing MTSOs any good, IMO
> and
> they also are not doing the students any good. If you go to a very
> good
> and reputable school, why should you need the apprenticeship programs
> anyway? IMO, they are taking people who paid squat for a school,
> learned
> even less than squat and are holding their hands trying to make them
> reputable MTs all the while paying them peanuts. I think this is a
> process
> that will be frustrating for everyone, the people training and the
> people
> getting the training, because without the proper education, you really
> cannot just learn MT by email and if you are working for peanuts, how
> hard
> are you really going to work? I know MTs who are ticked now at how low
> the
> rates are and blame overseas but here we are cutting our own throats by
> taking people who can't get a job anywhere and paying them diddly-squat
> under the guise of some "learn what they didn't teach you in school
> here"
> program. I am disturbed if AAMT is endorsing this, although not
> surprised.
> I haven't visited their boards in a good long time because I got really
> tired of the SSDD. If their EAP process isn't good enough to help
> "regulate" the quality of education people are getting from substandard
> schools, then they need to deal with that and put those crappy schools
> out
> of business, not hold the hands of their graduates at our (MT as a
> whole)
> expense.

I agree with most of your points.

But, when I started out, I worked for less than peanuts..... I worked
for FREE for a month, worked for peanuts for another few months before
I got a decent paycheck.

When I think about it now, it seems like I was a fool to do what I did.
But I had few choices. I had to do it or else eventually starve.

Getting the best MT education at the best learning centers, is the
ideal.

However, there are probably thousands of MT wannabes who spent small
fortunes taking courses from learning centers other than the big 3.

So what can be done for them?

</mountain.219z12@xxxxxxxxxx>AAMT cannot regulate anything. AAMT has no
authority to put the crappy and substandard "schools" out of business.

The truth of the matter is, all so-called MT schools are not even
"real" schools. They are not regulated or sanctioned by the Dept. of
Education. The MT "schools" are correspondence courses and are in fact
businesses regulated by their respective states and perhaps by the FTC.


I have the utmost respect for the owners of Andrews and MTEC. I think
they are as close to a "real" school as you can get. They are the best
in terms of MT education, and I strongly recommend either one to a
would-be MT.

On the other hand, something has got to be done with the countless
others who unfortunately are not graduates of the big 3.

IMO, apprenticeship is going to help. But apprenticeship should be on
selective basis and available to those with the desire to succeed no
matter what, even if it means getting paid peanuts for a short period
of time.

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