General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

You could be right there Empress, but it is a sad indictment of this day and age the fact that there are too few youngster who make the grades in school and can pass a simple aptitude test. They have to be clever in the head and clever with their hands and understanding electrical and technical drawings etc requires a brighter than average young person. When we interviewed ours I chose the ones that the directors ultimately chose as well, mainly because these two came over intelligent, pleasant, the right kind of attitude and weren't cocky. Anyway, there are plenty of other jobs that don't require apprenticeships. In my day qualifications didn't matter. What was important was whether or not you could do the job. Not so today though because employers can pick out the cream so it's up to the kids themselves to want to do well for themselves.