Tattoo Schooling

Okay, i've read a few topics and see that a lot of people don't like the tattoo schooling ideal and say everyone will get laughed at if they do it. Well I'm 17 and out of high school looking into tattooing. three are three tattoo shops around me but none are doing apprenticeships and i can't go anywhere else in the state because i can't drive and my parents go to school most of the time so i have no ride anywhere. I've been looking into tattooing school and only found two that seemed good and coasted less then the one in Michigan. One in louisiana that gives you all the equipment and the cert. The one in new york that just give you the cirt. for a thousand more. Now since i can't get an apprenticeship i went to one of the shops, Eternal Tattoo, asked them if i was to go to the school, come back and apply would i be employed. The women i talked to said if your work looks good, yes. I showed her my work that i sketch out on paper and she liked it. She said if i was to get some experience and come back i would have a better chance then some one that came in from another shop with an apprenticeship. So my question is since i can't find a place to get an apprenticeship, why shouldn't i consider the tattooing school?