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HomerSampson · Member

School Rant

JPAL91091 · Senior Member

HomerSampson wrote:
I need to vent. I'm using Elite again, but this time it's different. Am I the only one who can't get past Mike's kid being an "expert"? I feel like everything is an over-acting audition and so fake with Elite. It's laughable, embarrassing, and difficult to concentrate. And WTF is wrong with these schools starting so damn early? It's clearly a competition to see who can grab the most money and the guys/gals taking the courses are the ones getting screwed with so much time left at the end for "review". The longer the course goes, the more crap changes and we have to un-learn and re-learn procedures. Rant concluded........for now anyways.

-- Edited by HomerSampson on Thursday 19th of March 2026 10:28:05 PM

I think they started to early ..my third time taking elite I like the elite guide his pakcets dont cut corners hearing key class has flaws this time around I do think its weird his kid is teaching its like a clonestrange ..looking forward to rising star questions .

NauseousPBBN · Senior Member

Trust me, you'll be grateful if you had access to The Keys app and course. Riddled with endless errors, grammar mistakes and the content is not updated.

If you want to talk about instructing alone, then I can see an argument. Any question sent to Mike is met with a condescending response.

But website/app/material as a course, Elite is light years ahead.

At the end of the day, they both started way too early and they got our money regardless.

HomerSampson · Member

JPAL91091 wrote:
HomerSampson wrote:
I need to vent. I'm using Elite again, but this time it's different. Am I the only one who can't get past Mike's kid being an "expert"? I feel like everything is an over-acting audition and so fake with Elite. It's laughable, embarrassing, and difficult to concentrate. And WTF is wrong with these schools starting so damn early? It's clearly a competition to see who can grab the most money and the guys/gals taking the courses are the ones getting screwed with so much time left at the end for "review". The longer the course goes, the more crap changes and we have to un-learn and re-learn procedures. Rant concluded........for now anyways.

-- Edited by HomerSampson on Thursday 19th of March 2026 10:28:05 PM
I think they started to early ..my third time taking elite I like the elite guide his pakcets dont cut corners hearing key class has flaws this time around I do think its weird his kid is teaching its like a clonestrange ..looking forward to rising star questions .

One of my old bosses is friends with Tony from Rising Star and is telling me that they went all out with a new app for their questions. Looking forward to seeing what it's like. No way I could've passed the lieutenant exam without being punched in the mouth by those questions. Worth every penny IMHO. I just wish they would teach live classes full time. The couple of times they taught in the past, I thought they were spot on and really made you think differently about how to approach this stuff.

-- Edited by HomerSampson on Friday 20th of March 2026 11:07:57 PM