Le Cordon Bleu

I've been a culinary student for the last 4 months, although the last month doesn't count - as I've been back in my home state getting medical needs taken care. I had a massive oral infection that was basically killing me. I had 3, 4 hour long oral surgeries and had to have 3 teeth completely removed along with the nerves. All that aside, I've had time to think about all the lies I was force-fed by silver-tongues devils at Le Cordon Bleu. They said things like "Work as fast as you want," and "education at your own pace," "we're here to help you move forward in your new life,' and it was all glamorized shit I wanted to hear. I'll be honest, I fell for it all - hook, line and sinker. I dove in the deep end hoping for challenge and all I got was lecture and example after lecture and example and when it came to the other "help" they promised, it was only lies again and again. I did help with my resume. However they fucked up the dates and made me look like an asshole in the process. No wonder job applications I put in didn't go anywhere - I know, I know. I should have looked at it myself and made the proper changes. However when you're sitting right there and telling them certain dates and everything they NEED to know, you expect it to come out as you spoke it, not as they "heard" it - if they really did listen in the first place. Now I do feel bad for them, all of them. The school is inevitably closing down in 2017 and they are teaching out the current students in all the campuses across the US. However it's not by the fault of the students of the past or even current. It's the fault of the corporation that was running the school system. They failed %100 and made promises they couldn't keep. I tried to keep my head up. I tried to keep moving forward. I've fallen into a major depression because the system is broken and there is now no need whatsoever to fix it. They never cared before, and they damn sure don't care at all anymore. Who would? They're going to get paid for the next year and not really have to do anything else but roll along until the time comes that they need to get a new job. As much as I would love for the school to continue on into the future, because hell I'd planned on being there for 10 years before I stepped foot into the school and got enrolled. It's been an icon in the industry for far too long just to let it all die and go away. Hell even if another school, such as the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) bought it out, they could keep the name going and teach their own style there. I'm also on the verge of being homeless and every e-mail I get from this place is saying they will help me. Yet every 3 days I get the same e-mail, written differently to throw me off and make me believe they really are trying to help. It's a business at the end of the day and nothing in business matters if it's not money. I'm not made of money nor am I money, so I don't matter. It's something I've known for a long time. Because one thing I learned living on the Rez, you take one step forward and find yourself 10 back from where you started. It never matters what you do, or where you end up. it's always 6 feet under, with nothing to your name and nothing you gained.