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Message: <blockquote data-quote="enrious" data-source="post: 313665" data-attributes="member: 2126">I agree with reapersaurus' points (nothing personal at brainburn's son). I think schools should work more on basic computer and networking classes rather than certification courses.Certifications, without practical experience, are basically worthless.  Virtually every industry certification is designed for someone with a minimum of at least x months of experience.  This experience simply cannot be duplicated in a lab environment.Sounds to me like the high school has fallen into the same trap as many others - believing that certification is the end all, beat all of networking.Don't get me wrong, certifications can be useful and important, but getting inexperienced kids in high school those certifications only serves to devalue the certification and present a false impression to the student.Sorry for that..bit a misdirected rant.I just think they should be offering basic computer repair and network configuration rather than giving out a CCNA course that's going to lose most of the students.I help moderate a computer certification website and possess numerous industry certifications, along with many years in this business.  I can only tell you that in my experience, if you try learning to walk (CCNA) before you try to crawl (basic computer/networking), then you will be hurting your professional career down the road.IMO, IANAL, etc.</blockquote>