> >
> > I'm not pretending to know much more about bartending...As a matter
> >
> > of fact, I have to wait a year to even get into it, I'm only 20 years
> >
> > old :P I DO know for a fact that, you do NOT need to get a
> > certificate to become a bartender. I also hear bad and good things
> >
> > about bartending schools - its about fifty/fifty good and bad
> > comments combined. I really don't know what to think about them,
> > because I've never taken a bartending course - but I don't plan to
> >
> > either. Like you, I want to become a bartender to (hopefully) pay my
> >
> > way through college. And from the comments I've seen about schools
> >
> > and certificates, most managers could give a rats butt if you had one
> >
> > or not - they want to actually SEE that you have what it takes, a
> > peice of paper can't tell them that ;) Of course thats just from
> > what I've heard so far from people...I could be wrong! maybe someone
> >
> > with more experience will reply ^_^
>
>
> I went to ABC
> bartending school and was very happy with it. Only 9 out of 22
> people were certified.
>
> REALLY??? ONLY 9 OUT OF 22 WERE "CERTIFIED"???
Not True.....I AM NOT CALLING YOU A LIAR!! THE SCHOOL LIED TO YOU!!
THINK ABOUT IT...IT'S BULLSH*T!! "ONLY A FEW OF OUR STUDENTS EVER GRADUATE...
"
NATIONAL-CHAINS OF BARTENDING SCHOOLS ARE ALL ABOUT MAKING $$$!!
NOT TEACHING BARTENDERS A DAMN THING!!!! NOT ONE!!!
NONSENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NONSENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is EXACTLY what I've been trying to POUND into everyone's head!!
Most ALL Bartending schools are a SCAM. SCAM. SCAM. SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They don't really give a flying F*^ck about you!!!
National Chain-Bartending schools are ALL FAKES!!!!!!
If you chose a bartending school make sure it's a local shop!! NOT a national
chain promising "National Job Placement" (there's no such thing as
'placement' from any school....they're not employment agencies!!)...in short:
THEY PLACE NO STUDENTS AT ALL!!! They only list ads from the newspapers in
their "job placement" lists.
There ARE a few good bar schools out there. Look for them. (I live in
Northern California...there are only 2 that I know of <neither being a
National/Professional/ABC chain>...both of them are privately owned!)
Go and visit them: Santa Rosa Bartenders School(No web page)...and...San
Francisco School of Bartending(sfbartending.com) Find a school that is FOUNDED
by BARTENDERS for BARTENDERS!!, Thus you learn all of the secrets of the trade.
Go ahead and visit bar-schools, make sure you visit a few of them before you
make up your mind.
Good luck.
Jordan