florida technical college ftc scam mill deland, Florida

I am a former employee of Florida Tech and have worked for 4 other schools in Central Fla for the last 20 years.

It is always surprising to me how quick people are to judge the school and how either naive or ignorant they are of what they are to receive.  Either they don't do the proper research or just jump into it and then want to blame the school.  I have seen hundreds of people I helped go on and do tremendous things with their education and I have also seen many, not hundreds, finish and do nothing.  Here's what I have observed.

First, no one makes or forces anyone to go to college.  The process is simple.  A person can cancel their application/enrollment at anytime if they come to the decision that the college is not the right place for them.  I also happen to know that at Florida Tech you can cancel in the first week and not be charged for anything.

Second, no one has to stay.  If you were so unhappy with this school while you were attending, why didn't you drop out?  No one was forcing you to stay.  Yes, you'd have to pay for the time you were there, but that's true at any college you attend -- from a little training academy to a Harvard or Yale.

Third, if you graduated, then the school did its job.  As far as the instructors, every one at Florida Tech -- especially in Deland -- meets or exceeds the school's accrediting body requirements for teaching.  Everyone one of those teachers care, go beyond the normal scope of what they are suppose to do, and want to see the student succeed.  Do they call and focus on attendance.  Heck yea!  I wish they did that at a public school.  When I went to college, no one cared whether I showed up or not. 

Fourth, no school promises you a job.  They can't. The career dept cannot do the application for you, dress you, drive you on time to the interview, make a good first impression, do the interview and answer the questions, or do the follow up.  That's all up to you.  Besides that, if I saw someone saying people should be "hung" or they were "scumbags" or saw where you wanted to form a group for a class action suit, I wouldn't want to work with you at all.  How does that attitude or approach help you in any way?

Finally, you seem to be an incredibly angry man.  Angry at the world and always blaming everyone else for your problems.  Your personal attacks on these people is inexusable and is indicative of someone who is unstable in their thought process.  With so many frightening episodes occurring in the work force today, it must be scary for these people to see the types of statements you have been making on here.  I don't blame them for forcing you to stop.

Perhaps if you took a step back and accepted personal responsibility for what is happening in your life, it might make a difference.  Go back to the school and humbly ask for help.  Most career people want to see their students be successful.  In all the years I've done this, I know that all they want is for their graduates to get jobs.  They can't do it for you, but maybe they'll at least send you job leads, web sites to apply at, and so on.

I hope you get help for all this anger you have.  I'm sorry you feel you were mislead, but the reality is you didn't have to do it, you didn't have to stay, and they did their job -- you graduated with an education.  Now it's up to you.  Good luck.

What a bunch of RATS that would threaten to sue one of their poor uneducated out of work students.

PATHETIC!

Oh yeah, learn to spell.

I Kenneth Peppenelli  is retracting all posting in regards to Florida Technical College, Dave Ruggieri, Alex Rodriguez, and any other faculty members of the school. I acted harsh and wrong in my actions in making up stories in regards to Alex sleeping with a student in the parking lot Mr. Rodriguez is a professional happily married man. I retract my statement of the school being involved with any Spanish mobsters. The school is running in full legal capacity of its boundaries. I retract the accusation of the school committing any fraud in regards to funds. If Mr. Ruggieri states the school faculty is train and has the proper training to teach, then I agree with his statement.
 
Now in other matters and my wife was sitting there when I was interviewed to join there. We were told that the school had a 96 % placement rating on getting students jobs. I found my own job and was working before I even graduated. So the school did not assist in founding me a job. Mr. Ruggieri claims now that it is a courtesy for them to help you and are under no obligation in anyway to get you employment and this may be true also and the counselor I had either did not know or lied. Never the less I found a job before and I will find one again. And let God do the final judging in the actions of others on here. Thank you for your time and listening. I am not telling to go or not to go to this school. Like anything else in life do your homework just like when you look for a good doctor to take care of you.
 
 
 
Regrets
 
 
Kenneth Peppenelli         

I Kenneth Peppenelli  is retracting all posting in regards to Florida Technical College, Dave Ruggieri, Alex Rodriguez, and any other faculty members of the school. I acted harsh and wrong in my actions in making up stories in regards to Alex sleeping with a student in the parking lot Mr. Rodriguez is a professional happily married man. I retract my statement of the school being involved with any Spanish mobsters. The school is running in full legal capacity of its boundaries. I retract the accusation of the school committing any fraud in regards to funds. If Mr. Ruggieri states the school faculty is train and has the proper training to teach, then I agree with his statement.
 
Now in other matters and my wife was sitting there when I was interviewed to join there. We were told that the school had a 96 % placement rating on getting students jobs. I found my own job and was working before I even graduated. So the school did not assist in founding me a job. Mr. Ruggieri claims now that it is a courtesy for them to help you and are under no obligation in anyway to get you employment and this may be true also and the counselor I had either did not know or lied. Never the less I found a job before and I will find one again. And let God do the final judging in the actions of others on here. Thank you for your time and listening. I am not telling to go or not to go to this school. Like anything else in life do your homework just like when you look for a good doctor to take care of you.
 
 
 
Regrets
 
 
Kenneth Peppenelli         

I gradulated in 2000 from fla tech i was told that they were a "accreded" university. I recently found out from another fla tech graduate that it was not accreded. so does this mean we were "ripped off", lied to, screwed. made a fool of.., count me in on the law-suit !

Since you seem to be obsessed with this "RipOff" vechicle, I will communictae with you this last time through this channel.
Ken, stop this before you get yourself into a situation you will find yourself unable to get out of ..please.
David Ruggieri
Prresident FTC

Prresident?  Vechicle?  I would expect a president of a college to at least use a spell checker before posting on the Web in a public forum.  Ending a sentence with a preposition?

Not much of a testimonial to the education at FTC, is it?

Ken - This is all about you. There is no "gang" to get together, this is on you. If you continue to use this means you are only going to continue to cause yourself grief and despair. Take all this energy and put it into getting a job!
You are a placed graduate of FTC for heavens sake. You came to school, you finished, you went to work - accept the responsibility and move on. Legal issues get very complex and time consuming - you need to be at work, do the right thing Ken and make you and your family your priority.

Ken:
You have now been legally warned to stop this. You continued use of slander and threat to both me and the college is only going to create a problem for you, and that is not now, or was ever, my intent. Remember, you were a graduate and placed in a job in the career you trained, all the facts point to exactly that. In the past I have tried to help you when you lost those positions and you have continued to make your problems the problems of something or someone else. I have offered you both counseling and help with your anger issues, and to date, you have done nothing but repond with both lies and slander. Since you seem to be obsessed with this "RipOff" vechicle, I will communictae with you this last time through this channel.
Ken, stop this before you get yourself into a situation you will find yourself unable to get out of ..please.
David Ruggieri
Prresident FTC

I received a email today from attorney in regards to our post on here that FTC is going to sue us. Please call me ASAP to assemble a meeting to get together the student list we have put together to turn over to the state.



Ken

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Lisa, there's a big difference between substitute teachers and full time classroom educators.  I checked the educational requirements to teach in Florida and they specify that one must hold at least a Bachelor's degree.  Subs, for the most part, are no more than babysitters so I'm not overly concerned with their requirements.

I am very happy with what I have recieved My A.S degree in medical science. Why do you choose to pick apart me ?

       Here in the state of Florida you can teach . You can be a substitute teacher. That is a fact ! This Ken P is a very angry man making crazy and false statements. I have recieved my degree fro, FTC .The school is a good school it does have faults don't they all , It also has room for growth. Instead of being so negative and helpful he should be talking to some officals on different things and ideas on how to make it a better school. Some things that he has said are true but most are not and to bash individuals because he is so unhappy is crazy. He is a loose cannon and needs to see a shrink.

As far as a degree yes you can teach on a A.S degree, you need to read all the post before you make assumptions. you can teach elementary middle and high school and private colleges and junior colleges so pay attention

Quite frankly, you're an idiot. Any school that receives state and/or federal funding must BY LAW have teachers that are appropriately credentialed. At the elementary and secondary level, that means a MINIMUM of a bachelor's degree.

Any private college or junior college that hires someone with no more than an AS degree is probably not going to stay accredited very long, OR will not enjoy a reputation as a worthy school. I am aware of some junior colleges that hires persons with no more than an AS and we wouldn't accept their credits in transfer because the quality of teaching is grossly inadequate. 

If you read ROR you'll see all kinds of complaints about these types of schools - usually proprietary ones like ITT and other, similar school.

And I HAVE done my research because I teach in a program for students receiving teaching credentials :-)

As far as a degree yes you can teach on a A.S degree, you need to read all the post before you make assumptions. you can teach elementary middle and high school and private colleges and junior colleges so pay attention

- Where do you get that information from?  While I won't say that this is the case for every state, I am pretty sure it is.   In order to teach K-12 in California you must have a valid Teaching Credential.  One of the requirements is to have a Bachelor degree.  The only thing an Associates Degree will get you is a job teaching at a Pre-School.

  I have pity on anyone whom you are required to teach.

"   Excuse me Ken stated that the instructor should be HUNG what kind of threat would you call that. "

  Let me break this down for you :

   "I think Lisa should be hung"   --  Opinion

   "I am going to go to Lisa's house and hang her"  -- Threat  

    See the difference?   It's a very important one.

    Maybe another two years of school wouldn't hurt.

    Excuse me Ken stated that the instructor should be HUNG what kind of threat would you call that.
As far as a degree yes you can teach on a A.S degree, you need to read all the post before you make assumptions. you can teach elementary middle and high school and private colleges and junior colleges so pay attention . I'm apologizing for nor pushing the dot, at least i'm not blaming the college for my own personal mistake.

       Well excuse me for not pushing the rightdot I apologize for my ignorance , however I didn't get my ignorance from FTC. As for as the threat he said he should be hung. Is that not a threat ? You can teach at an elementary level and middle school and high school level with an A.S degree you need to do your research I have done mine . Call the other local schools and check your info different colleges and private schools have different legalities to there hiring scope it out and you find that Im right !
   Since you know so much and think your right about everything then my question is why did you pick FTC I guess it's ignorance on your par.t because you didn't do your research Poor Poor KEN.

"By law if you have a 2 year degree you can teach anywhere in the U.S"

Uh....NO!

Don't know where you got this from but it's wrong. Totally and completely.   To teach grade/high school you need at least a Bachelor's degree in education.  To teach in the community college you need at least a Bachelor's, and usually a Master's.  To teach in a 4-year college or university you need at least a Master's, and usually a doctorate.  To teach grad school you need a doctorate.

   Do you really think that Ken's opinion constitutes a death threat? (read it again, carefully)   Is that the level of intelligence to be expected from this school?   Not a very good advertisement, especially from someone who now claims to be the owner of the school.

    You made a threat that Mr. Rgeurri or however you spell it should be hung, are you serious that is a death threat jail time buddy !!!

   I don't understand Ken you run your mouth about employees who sleep with each other and now about who worked at Walmart and who ran a pawn shop. What does it matter you either went there for 9 months and got a diploma or you went there for 18 months and got a degree. Why did you do that.? Such a nasty nasty attitude I hope the best for you but if I was the career service co-ordinator I wouldn't help you I would slap a slander suit on you so fast you would have to call your momma and cry what an ugly person. Everyone has to start some where and you best believe that I wouldn't recommend you for any job. You have gone way over the top and so has your buddies . What you are basing your info on anger and hate I actually no who you are you are mean hateful and prejudice what about all the ladies you spoke with at school would that be nice of me to tell your wife oh ya Ken is sleeping with this one and that one and doing things in the car with these women I dont even know why she is in love with you or is she ? You are a controlling manipulative man and that is being nice. Just remember you are in this rut because you yourself have put yourself there.
  Myabe your wife is tired of supporting you ! God doesn't like ugly ! You need to base your info on facts not anger this is not a dear Abby column. By law if you have a 2 year degree you can teach anywhere in the U.S The instructors there aren't criminals you know what you sign when you go in. But with your attitude ya thats right your attitude you are going no where. If I was the school I wouldn't help you with anything you don't deserve it. If you don't think that employers go on here to see things and check your wrong and your name is all over this so good luck. You are famous for being the lead Jack A** of your clan.

Why wont people get together and do something. Paying all this money and got nothing for it. They have a teachet in Deland office that ran a pawn,shop and worked Walmart.We need to let the Attorney General and the Governor know this. It not right to have to pay for something not received. This Mr Rugerri should be hung