Before I say anything, let me be clear: the instru...

Before I say anything, let me be clear: the instructors are world class excellent.
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The problem seems to be BCIT's misuse of resources.

There's a lack of instructors. When I was in the Joinery (cabinetmakers) class, the year 1 instructor would be required and/or be obligated to spend between 1/3rd to 2/3rd of their time to go away to help the students in years 2, 3 and 4 with projects (we all had classes at the same time within the same building) who had no assistant instructor to help them learn. Again, please don't misunderstand me: the instructors were world class. It was NOT the instructors fault that there was a lack of instructors. It was apparently the fault of a stupid admininstration that asked the year 1 instructor to spread their time between 4 different classes at once instead of just biting the bullet and hiring 1 or 2 extra assistant instructors.

They also don't give you many opportunities to experiment and learn. They only gave you like 5 or 6 projects the entire year and if you fail one of the projects then you'll likely fail the course. You don't get any practice projects or even to practice cutting on a spare piece of wood. Also they LITERALLY said if you "use too much wood" on a project they deduct marks off your project (I don't think that was the instructors decision.) Even if someone had skills from like a woodshop class in high school and/or helping a family member do some repairs on their house, the skills are not directly transferrable. Like the majority of commercial cabinetmaking involves either using machines larger than refridgerators or using esoteric artisanal hand tools. I think most people just have limited knowledge of using a portable power saw and a portable power sander. Students deserve to be able to have more experience practicing with the various chisels and hand saws.

BCIT literally wastes money and resources on a giant sports building, including a full time boxing instructor. They don't have a giant sports building at Langara or Douglas. Like for God's sake, you have classes that could use an assistant instructor. Why are you wasting money on a sports building? How many trade school students are going to have the time and money to make use of a gym. How many students are going to actually want to and/or be able to make use of a boxing instructor?

Also theres no storage spaces inside the woodshop. There aren't even any cubble holes or whatever to store stuff inside the classroom. They said you're not allowed to bring a backpack inside the workshop. Yet they also require you to bring papers to each class. Also you only have 2 15 minute coffee breaks and 1 half hour lunch break. Also the school's obsessed with timeliness like a prison is: if you're late to class even 1 minute in the morning or after breaks you risk being expelled. I didn't pay $5000 for this kind of dehumanising treatment in a prison like environment.

I quit the class (it was too fast paced for meme) and took an entry level job at a cabinet maker's wood shop. My boss -who runs his own private business cabinetmaker's woodshop business 9 to 5 hours, 5 days a week- was asked to come in on a saturday to help year 3 students at BCIT complete their projects on a weekend. My question is, why the hell doesn't BCIt just hire an extra instructor as an assistant instructor instead of just "biting the bullet" and hiring a"traveling" assistant instructor for the classes?