How do you know if you're at a bad school?

I started my LPN training at one school. Now I'm at another school. Long story. Won't bore you with it.

Because the curriculum is presented in a different order at the second school, I am re-taking a subject I have already taken. I'm finding that the instructor at the new school is contradicting the instructor at my former school on many subjects. I am more inclined to believe the current instructor. THe things she is saying agree with the textbook that both instructors used. But the first instructor said many things that are the opposite of what is printed in the text.

I think my current school is just a better school than the one where I started out. The instructors are more focused on helping students succeed. The classes are more in depth. I can list 101 reasons why I think this school is better.

My point is that if I hadn't come here, I would not have seen many of the flaws in the original school. I could have graduated from school #1 as a poorly prepared nurse. I feel that every penny I paid to school #1 was wasted. How do you know when you are going into this field that you are trusting your education dollars to an institution that will give you good value for your money?

Nothing in one's education is a wast. Life is a learning experience. Even if the first school was a bad. Now you know.

If the text was dated and she explained exactly why her opinion differed that would be different. Since the first part of most programs is pretty straighforward I'm curious to know some examples of what the first instructor told you?

Here's what I remember without checking my notes. She said, "Never massage a boggy uterus." She said it over and over again. The text and instructor #2 say the opposite. SHe also said that multipara moms have less afterpains because thier uterus comes pre-stretched and doesn't clamp down as hard as first time mom - also contradicted in the text. I have other examples scribbled throughout my notes.