I would suggest to anybody looking at a school to train with, go out and visit the school as opposed to taking the word of anonymous posters on the internet and go with your gut feeling
This is the best advice to give any student. Everybody wants something different. Some want a hold-your-hand-and-spoon-feed-you-everything approach while others are content with a here-is-the-book-ask-if-there-is-anything approach. Both have their merits and appeal to different types of students.
Sounds like anywherebuthome got a transparent picture of the place and that enables him to make up his mind.