Harsh lessons to be learned from work experience

From: The Scotsman | Date: June 9, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

EMPLOYERS, hold on to your hats. It is work experience time. Today, thousands of post-Higher children are striding, shuffling or slinking into offices and workplaces to discover the joys of nine-to- five.

Work experience is now a Big Thing, immensely popular with the Education Secretary, Charles Clarke, because, in his opinion, knowing how to make builders' tea is far more valuable than knowing about Cicero or Charlemagne. And so it is, up to a point. When I had horses, our blacksmith complained bitterly about my tea-making skills. "Do they learn you owt useful at that fancy school?" he used ...

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