Posted on 11/26/2015 11:27:55 AM PST by Kaslin
That is true, Germany has a apprentice system and apprentice does get paid. They have to work eight hours a day and 4 days. One day they have to attend what is called a Berufs Schule, because the youth are required to attend school until they are 18 years old. Depending on the occupation the apprentice system is between 2 and 4 years. # years is usually the norm. They don’t get paid 1/10 of what a Master mechanic makes and a master mechanic deserves everything he makes, because to make it to master mechanic he has to go through lots of schooling.
Yes he is.
Concurring bump. The article and your response all resonate with a critique Rush Limbaugh once offered, in which he dissected the continuing strong bias toward hiring only the top graduates of elite universities at many businesses, and law and medical practices in particular: They would insist on having the top graduate from Harvard Law, or nobody, and the spread on beginning salary offers reflected that bias. Rush epitomized his critique as "What ever happened to 'Pretty Damn Good'?" This article is another critique of American business's continuing fascination with certain skills and callings, and with credentialism in those vocations.
Business acumen is native and depends on a different sort of learning and intelligence than one sees in graduate schools; we used to call it cunning. But there is no credential for the sort of acumen that made Bill Gates the owner of DOS.
And in fact, if you do choose to be a philosopher you might be a better one if you are also a “welder” - speaking generically - and thus have more independence. Lack of a basic skill to fall back on is bad for anyone.
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