This is beautiful advice.
I am a little skeptical of for-profit schools that are charging four-figures for iPhone development courses. Spending that kind of money is not a great idea. There are plenty of free resources to learn iPhone development. There is a ton of documentation from Apple. There are great podcasts from Stanford.
My advice would be to find a local community college that offers courses in C. This will be way cheaper than an iPhone developer course at a for-profit school. It will help introduce software development from an academic perspective. Some people find that to be a better way to learn.
You are probably not going to find a community college that offers courses in iPhone development or Objective-C. Learn C at the college and then use that experience to help you figure out the iPhone stuff on your own.
A course in C at a community college would get you introduced to the basics in a structured setting (if this is what you feel you need). You'll be able to talk to both the prof and your fellow students for advice. If you feel you don't necessarily need the structure and community of a class, then go pick up a book and start crackin'.
Once you know the basics you'll be equipped to pick up a book/browse iTunes U and begin to fill out your knowledge. You could even do this in parallel.
My bet is that your $2000 could be spent a lot wiser than on tuition for some intro class at a for-profit school. You'd probably get more out of a $30 ObjC book.
There are numerous free and cheap resources at your disposal!
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