There are better ways to learn how to program a router than paying someone $1000 and watching him flip viewgraphs for four and a half days. I imagine the MSCEs are just as bad. It's as big a ripoff as all those VCR repair schools that popped up in the late 70's promising ambitious young men fame and fortune in the lucrative field of... well... you know.
They think I'm an e733T hAXor gHOD! And all that just for reading bugtraq, a CCNA exam guide, and playing with a router in the company lab for a few days...