Crooms Academy Of Information Technology

Unless the quality of education seriously declined since I graduated in 2012, Crooms remains the best school on the planet as far as I'm concerned. When I look back, I think of fond memories and great friends; people who to this day I still stay in contact with. It taught me so much, and I'm ever grateful that I was given the opportunity to attend. From teachers who care and are hilarious, to the opportunity to make my own zombie-game in the Unreal Editor, I strongly suggest all students interested in IT and Computer Science attend.

Crooms is a waste of time to anyone who wants a decent high school experience or an exciting education. You will find most of the teachers at Crooms to be either incompetent or mean spirited,most classes will either be extremely easy or unreasonably hard. The technology is years behind and, is almost obsolete when compared to current computers. Administration consists of bothersome troublemakers who make issues with students. Crooms lacks the heart and soul needed for a good school.Why would I want to go to a school when even the faculty doesn't care about it themselves? Dont waste your time or your freshman year.

Even though I had made many friends at Crooms, it was still a horrible school. The guidance counselors and staff do not care for the students at all. Unless you are getting bad grades, they will not talk to you. They will laugh at you. The staff will blame every problem you have on you. If the students work was not up to their standards, the teacher would bully the student in front of the class. I wish I had the option to leave while I was still there. The school is getting stricter and stricter about uniforms each year. They used to have many NUT days (non uniform day), but now they have none. The classes are okay. They are not the best, but they are not the worse. Some of the classes are a joke, but some are very challenging. All depends on the teacher. Most of the students would cheat on the assignments. Since every student has a laptop, everyone can google the answers, or send their documents to each other. This is how most of the students passed their classes. Unless you live next to Crooms, I would not recommend it. The 1 hour bus ride, to and from school, is not worth it. You could get better information at your zoned school, especially since most Seminole County schools now have computer classes. All Crooms cares about is their 'A Rating'.

It's a technology school, which means that you must be very interested in IT before hand to appreciate what they offer here. If your are so-so in the tech scene then you should consider not going. Now if you or your child is very interested in working in IT then consider going, but make sure you go into the AA program because it gives them a lot of opportunities. I am surprised at some of the students here. I thought going in that my fellow students would be respectful and care about their education, but a lot of students are just down right troublemakers that don't do work. What's even worse is that they hold those students hands through so they don't get kicked out. Yes they boast themselves with impressive test scores and records but those are just statistics, you need to go there to know how it really is. From what I have heard is that it used to be a very good and challenging school, but I wouldn't be sure. If you are not in AP or dual-enrollment then the difficulty and challenge of classes are a joke. Even some dual-enrollment classes are a breeze too for most people too. All I say is to know what you or your child wants their career to be when they grow up before going.