Auto schools and skillsUSA

I was in the VOC-ED (VICA) when I was in high school the last two years. The first year was classroom & some hands on mechanical stuff, second year we worked half days at dealerships & independent shops. We were paid basically to go to school, provided we maintained a "C" average or better. If we wanted to, we could go full time the summer between first & second year. I met some very interesting people with different ways of accomplishing the same end result.