73.45% done with my trade, so I should be out of here soon-- hopefully by September. Although, I still have to get my permit so I can start Drivers Ed, so I can get my license. In the state of Maryland, you have to have 60 hours behind the wheel before you get your license, so I'm not sure how that's going to work, since I'm still in this place, unless they plan to "bend the truth" and say I've done 60 hours.

I've also abandoned my plan of going off into advanced training, since it will pretty much be a waste of time, according to the Office Administration instructor here. Outside of Job Corps, he owns his own software company and has done IT for years, and the advance training for IT in this place is only for A+. Also, no one is going to hire you if you don't have a Bachelor's Degree for it anyway, even if you're certified, so meh. Apparently, I'll be fine if I get my Expert certification for Excel, which means I'll be able to do accounting and stuff. He actually criticized the OA program here, saying that it would better if Job Corps taught people how to code so they can go out and make some real money. Mr. Soumah [Soo-mah] (the OA instructor) would love to teach students how to code, but he can't and he's pretty much getting frustrated with this place, since they have this dumbass woman in the IT department. It's her job to go around and fix the computers, and apparently, she only has one solution when it comes to fixing the computers and that's to "reimage" them. She reimaged the computers last year, and a ton of students lost all of their data for their work. Mr. Soumah apparently got so pissed he was about to quit. Since he hurt his back last December (he slipped on some ice), he lost his Admin credentials to the PCs, and that woman in the IT department has yet to give them back (she's being slow about it).

Anyway! Mr. Soumah is a great guy. Very knowledgeable about the workforce and actually gives a damn about the students here, and it would suck if he left.

In other news, my 2 week summer break is coming up. Now to call my aunt and cousin to see if I can come "home" during that time. I do not want to be stuck in this place over summer break.