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  Barry, I am not in the least fussed by this spin or that, but I was more disappointed than surprised to discover what has happened to the meaning and significance of the word 'apprenticeship'.
  I know many people who have made a decent fist of the six month construction skills training schemes of the early seventies;brick laying, carpentry, plastering etc. [not plumbing or electrics]
  It is not the time scale that is the issue, but the paucity of opportunity. It all looks more of a crash-diet instead of a fattening-up for future effort, but I suppose the incessant weighing will take care of that.
  
  If only 'work experience' had been the term used rather than so much effort to hype and spin this into something which,alas, it is not.

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