Alaska Nautical School

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  I got my 100 ton with John and he was great! He covered all the material that was on the tests and made it easy. I'm getting ready to do another certification with him soon.
  By Gabe King, November 19, 2017
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  I passed. That’s all the good I can share about this training. John’s methods are archaic, he hasn’t reinvested in current videos, chart tools or other materials since the 1970’s or so. Added to that, he’s rude to his students, embarrassing them for asking questions even though he rambles on about “helping all he can.” He doesn’t listen to his student’s questions, interrupting them before they’re done asking the question, and gave me an answer for a question i didn’t ask twice. He outright refused to be clear on what we could use on testing day as far as reference materials. There were numerous questions on the test that were not in any of his literature, things we never touched on in class. He took business calls constantly during class, even during the test, after lecturing us to be quiet. If you have a choice, do this training somewhere else. This guy is making a tidy retirement but he shouldn’t be a teacher anymore. He might well have been great back in his day, but that day is long over. For $800/a head he should care more about the quality of his class and his impact on others.
  By Katie Rooks, June 01, 2017

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