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From: lgl@cbosgd.UUCP (Lionel Lynch)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Private Pilot Groung School
Message-ID: <1642@cbosgd.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 27-Nov-85 09:51:36 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 27 09:51:36 1985
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Reply-To: lgl@cbosgd.UUCP (Lionel Lynch)
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In article <840@masscomp.UUCP> ahv@masscomp.UUCP (Tony Verhulst) writes:
>In article <4604@alice.UUCP> ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig) writes:
>I also highly recommend the "home study" method.  I took a ground school
>course at the local FBO for $135 and all I got out of is was a signature
>to be able to take the exam (a slight exaggeration - but not much).
>
>Even one of the "two day wonder courses" claims that (approximate quote)
>"you will have enough knowledge to be able to pass the test IF TAKEN
>WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME".  I suspect that people who take these short
>intensive courses don't retain the material as long as others 
>(I would like to hear from people with positive comments about this
>type of course).
>
>For ten dollars I bought a question and answer quide and over a period
>of 4 weeks or so I went thru each question in the book 3 times.
>Since the questions on the exam are identical to the questions in the study
>quide you can score yourself so that you know exactly where you stand.
>

I've found that the home study courses offered on tape and accompanied
by a workbook to be just as informative and a bit less tedious than
printed material alone. An instructor walks you through some basic
theory but stresses the goal of passing the test. Many useful hints
and key phrases are given and re-inforced verbally. 
Packages of this sort start at about $100 and go up from there.
Even better though, once you're done with the package, you can re-sell it
and recover part or all of the cost.

Lionel