cheap classes
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davis_squarenothing against the previous poster; but I'm wondering where all of the area's *cheap* classes are. I've seen writing classes for $400, music for $150 an hour, even 90m over at the Cambridge School for Culinary Arts costs $100.
When I lived in Toronto, I did a full day class in tofu making for $5. The local adult education schools were $50 (canadian, when it was worth 80 US cents), for 6 week classes. I myself taught free classes in computer literacy.
Now, it's not that I don't believe the classes exist. I'm sure they do, and there are places where they can be taken. But I just keep not seeing or hearing about them. So what are your favourite resources for people who can't afford classes that cost more per hourthan they themselves earn?
When I lived in Toronto, I did a full day class in tofu making for $5. The local adult education schools were $50 (canadian, when it was worth 80 US cents), for 6 week classes. I myself taught free classes in computer literacy.
Now, it's not that I don't believe the classes exist. I'm sure they do, and there are places where they can be taken. But I just keep not seeing or hearing about them. So what are your favourite resources for people who can't afford classes that cost more per hourthan they themselves earn?
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Re: Somerville Education Coop
Date: 2007-10-24 04:32 pm (UTC)my former cities (minneapolis/st.paul) and the surrounding suburbs each had a very comprehensive community education program that covered everything from language classes, kids activities, cooking classes, crafts, bus tours, theatre nights, car repair, computing, accounting, etc, etc, for some insanely affordable prices. $40 for 8 weeks of Swedish or Hmong, or Somali or whatever language you wanted, $15 or $20 for an eight hour car repair primer (some just for women), 8 weeks of belly dancing or tap or modern jazz for $40-$60.
So you can see that the higher cost of community education that goes along with the higher cost of living is not just affecting Thespian. I will make not of the craft classes that you have mentioned, too.