On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:10:18 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:

>In article >,
> neha123 > wrote:
>
>> Culinary school is notoriously expensive.
>
>My daughter's roommate went to CCA (California Culinary Academy). It
>was US$20,000 for a ten month program. She went in for baking. She got
>to take home what they made, but was supposed to pay US$8.00 for a new
>cake box each time! The instructor thought that was BS, so he made them
>buy one box, and they just used it until it fell apart (or was too
>filthy, cakes are messy).
>
>My son went through the culinary program at the local junior college.
>That looks like the way to go, especially considering the lousy pay for
>graduates. My son has been working at a place the last three years.
>The pay isn't good, but they give him a nice place to live (free,
>including most utilities) and treat him like a king. His commute is
>about 50 feet.

State Prison.