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> With apprenticeships you're really at the mercy of the Master who will instill in you their 'version' of how something must be done, That is not necessarily
by groby_b 6y ago
> With apprenticeships you're really at the mercy of the Master who will instill in you their 'version' of how something must be done,
That is not necessarily true. The German apprenticeship model (which covers a ton of jobs there, not just artistic & blue collar) has a school component, and a shared test at the end of apprenticeship and journeymanship. This ensures a common standard on "how things are done", and a shared toolkit for anybody working in the field.
- Melting_Harps 6y ago> The German apprenticeship mode Incidentally enough, I did my 1st year of apprenticeship (Biodynamische - Landwirtschaft) in Germany alongside University students who are mandated to do one semester of a sort of work study. I began as a person with a BSc in Biology and several years in the diagnostics Industry. But I was taught under a guy who went through that system you described instead of going through real-schule and he bounced around the system, often misguided, as to what to do because of the aforementioned statement. I personally decided to continue in other countries in Europe with a stronger culinary history after my first year, but I still think the German/Swiss model is a superior way to teach young adults practical skills in relevant Industries without the need for the debt traps that Universities have become.
- groby_b 6y agoWell, tbf, German universities aren't exactly a debt trap either. ($300 enrollment/semester, includes health insurance, and usually a bus ticket)