Word: apprenticeship
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...life stage is a major change, and the rest of society will have to change to make room for it. One response to this very new phenomenon is extremely old-fashioned: medieval-style apprenticeship programs that give high school graduates a cheaper and more practical alternative to college. In 1996 Jack Smith, then CEO of General Motors, started Automotive Youth Educational Systems (AYES), a program that puts high school kids in shops alongside seasoned car mechanics. More than 7,800 students have tried it, and 98% of them have ended up working at the business where they apprenticed. "I knew...
According to Landrigan, the long hours of an intern are due in large part to how residences are historically based on an apprenticeship model. This model, which encouraged doctors to stay with patients every step of the way, is now outdated, he said...
Matt L. Butler ’04 said his friend had the confidence and strength to beat out the competition and win the apprenticeship with Trump. “When you go into the boardroom, you have to stick to your guns, like Andy does,” Butler said. “Donald is smart. He’s not an intellectual, but he goes for the big picture...
...18th century clothes in a place rather like Venice, talking to some English tourists. And I felt strongly that he had some sort of magical background--he'd been dabbling in magic, and something had gone badly wrong." The man would eventually become Jonathan Strange, but her sorcerer's apprenticeship was a long one: it took Clarke more than 10 years to finish the book...
...Kerry got his political start. Kerry is not the most natural politician--in a state where politics is second nature. Says Sullivan: "Every day of his life, he puts on shoes that are too tight and not on the right feet." This is the story of Kerry's political apprenticeship...