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"Posing Apprenticeships as a significant alternative to higher education is delusional." This is absolutely absurd and just shows pure ignorance of the economi
by gfdgfdgfd 15y ago
"Posing Apprenticeships as a significant alternative to higher education is delusional."
This is absolutely absurd and just shows pure ignorance of the economic realities beyond your grasp. Germany thrives off of apprenticeships. You can't find a job without having an apprenticeship under your belt in Germany. Students spend between 50% to 70% of their time at a company, while the rest is spent on traditional education. Apprenticeships are a vital source to Germany's economy. Dismissing it based on your pet theories is bordering on asinine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apprenticeship#Germany http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apprenticeship#Germany
- brudgers 15y agoThe German apprenticeship model doesn't scale well to less affluent and less homogenous countries (i.e. pretty much the rest of the world) - and it is my impression that German Hauptschule students don't apprentice in professions such as computer programming. Then again, if one accepts the idea that it is o.k. to channel children into career paths at the age of nine or ten and generally reserve the best schools for the upper social classes, then the German model might be as successful as you suggest.
- eru 15y agoGermany is successful despite the Hauptschulen, not because of it. The apprenticeships are one of the things that allow Germany to get away with its aweful schooling system.
- eru 15y ago> You can't find a job without having an apprenticeship under your belt in Germany. You can. E.g. you can go study at university. Also there are vocational training programs that are done purely at a Berufsschule. Though they are seen as worse than an apprenticeship.