Seeking New Skills but Finding Classes Full

(Washington Post) — The gambling economy here has crapped out, but at the swelling community college, workers are in the grip of new aspirations.  In one small anatomy lab, there’s a craps dealer training to become an anesthetist, a cocktail waitress who wants to be a dental hygienist, and a former stripper seeking to become a nurse. “People are always going to be going to the dentist,” explained Misty Stevenson, 36, the aspiring hygienist, a mother of three and a cocktail waitress for 16 years, explaining her career choice after her income plunged during the downturn.

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