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Subject: Re: Should I go to Bartending School if I'm already bar backing?
From: Josh
Posted: Tue Dec 18. 2007, 18:04 UTC
Followup to: "Should I go to Bartending School if I'm already bar backing?"  by Cameron MD  (Tue Dec 18. 2007, 10:11 UTC)
There's a lot of different ways to learn bartending, and this forum has more 
than it's fair share of elitists that truly look down on bartending schools. I 
personally think a bartending school is what you make of it. If you're a lazy, 
slow, incompetent person and you go to a bartending school, you're going to 
come out being a lazy, slow, incompetent bartender! However, if you're a fast 
learner, hard worker that takes initiative, you're going to make the most out 
of what you learned, and probably end up being a pretty good bartender.

I think a lot of people come out of a bartending school thinking that the 
school is going to hand them a job on a plate. This isn't the case, even after 
finishing the school, you'll need to work your ass off to find a job - 
however, at the very least you'll have the bulk of the knowledge required to 
be able to step behind the pine.

Obviously bartending is a hands-on type of trade. You can't learn many of the 
important things you need to know through a book, or even BarSim (although 
it's good for memorizing recipes, and a few other basics). A bartending school 
is a decent option for alot of people that don't have the option of working 
their way up.

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Cheers! - Josh @ BarSim
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