I can't say whether anyone on that list is good or bad, because I've never heard of any of them.

There's more than one Hall of Fame out there, but almost all of them seem to operate in the same way. It's either a "for friends only/good ol' boy" network, or you actually pay money to get listed. Usually both.

Plus your first statement was telling. The instructor in question has been inducted into that Hall of Fame "a number of times." What, did his Fame expire after a certain time? Did you ever see baseball players getting "reinducted" into that HOF?

I'd say the best advice to give your cousin is -- rather than outright badmouthing the guy because hey, he might have gotten better in 10 years, you never know -- is to tell him to check out more schools than that one, and to compare them all.

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