r.r. grads, please stand up..

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anyone who has graduated from a cond.-trainee school for r.rs., either a private school (comm. coll) or r.r. in-house school.. please comment:

*r.r.-operated school, or state-owned;
*total weeks of training;
*number enrolled, cond. @ start;
*number graduated;
reasons given for dropping-out (if known);
*graduates working on same r.r. as yourself;
*contact with any graduates, any r.r.;
*comments offered by any graduate as to work experiences & connecting the value of training with work experiences;
*your work experiences, esp. as to how well school prepared you for the cond. job..
*schedule you have worked; is this typical or unusual in some respect?

thanks, from someone who wishes he could have been there..