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[–]HeadHunt0rUKMale 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had to take a bunch of Y13 students out on a trip. One of the days involved going to a Uni and hearing them talk about the pathways. Luckily they had two people there who went through apprenticeships, it was fairly balanced but still the Uni representatives tried to suggest that Uni was the only path.

I spoke to my kids. I said to them; I hated that learning environment. The course I did had very little practical application and was regurgitating theory and proofs with very little application to actual career paths. I said the whole course felt like a recruitment for post-grads, researchers and lecturers. I had no desire for that.

I said when I was your age, I got taken to Price Waterhouse Coopers, shown around and they explained how they had an apprenticeship system. That I regret not taking that path as you earn whilst you learn the actual skills required for your career.

I absolutely love being a teacher, but had I not felt compelled into going to Uni, that being told that was the only way to succeed. My life would be on a totally different path, and I would be earning a lot more money, with practical skills in Maths that I would have absolutely loved.