[xiphias2]

Why should they? These are just a bunch of classes for people who want to learn some things. The only lie I see is promising a job for people who studies only 10 hours a week....for me it's not ,,a ton of hours''

Also of course don't pay for the certificates, IT education is already free.

[silicon2401]

what would you consider a ton of hours? sleep and work should take up 16/24h, 30m of daily exercise and at least 1h spent eating takes up 17.5/24, then at least an hour for changing, commuting, showering, miscellaneous cleaning gets you to 18.5/24h. I'd throw in another hour for most people as we're not robots who never waste time, so 19.5/24h. with 2h a day of studying you're up to 21.5/24h. That leaves 2.5h in theory, but normal humans also need time for errands, unexpected situations, family time, recreation, relaxation, chores, home economics, etc. Unless you have zero personal interests or personal life 10h/week is quite a lot of time for a regular adult.

[xiphias2]

We're talking about changing a job, and learning a new skill to get a new job. It's something a large amount of people spend 12+5 years 10 hours a day to prepare for, although quite inefficiently.

I may be not familiar enough of the situation in US, but to study for a new job, people generally make compromises: staying with the family so that they don't need to provide that much money, or still work, but let other people do the house cleaning. If a person has to do all of these and still study, generally there's no time left for fun/personal life, and they accept it as part of life.

Sadly most people with low income jobs in 3rd world countries that I know have a life like robots :(