Flutterby™! : culinary school?

Dabid Lebovitz asks "Should You Go To Culinary School?", and in the process lays out, even if indirectly, a list of questions and motivations that anyone considering a career direction should investigate. And he talks a little bit about the current trend of convincing people they'll have good jobs so that the school can suck every living penny out of whatever federally backed loans the applicant can get:

Another friend worked in admissions for an expensive private culinary school and was forced to attend seminars in 'recruiting techniques' that would make a Ron Popeil infomercial look tame. She was told to ask if they had any family pictures in their wallet. And when they opened their wallet, check to see if there were credit cards, which they could mention later as a source for the down payment.

As Zack looks at art schools, I'm acutely aware of some of this trend...