Degree Apprenticeships Rolls Royce

Savvy_Sue

Thomas_Holding said:

Savvy_Sue said:

I realised some time ago, if I wanted any child of mine to pick a particular option, it was best if I kept out of it. 

And if I'd suggested that I'd offer free childcare if they lived locally, their laughter would have been heard down the street. 

They should choose for themselves. If this apprenticeship is what your child wants to do, more than any other option, it's a good choice. If they'd rather get a student loan and choose a different subject, that's a better choice. But it has to be their choice.

Clearly, I'm a poor example. The only one likely to give me grandchildren studied at the local uni, but now lives abroad with the girl he met and fell in love with there.

Although I'm inspired by the memory of former neighbours who spent every other week away from home, on grandparent duties ... If they're not local, you can go to them, if so invited. It's tempting...

I want them to make the decision just trying to inform them. I certainly would have chosen differently if I had known all the facts (long story).

Fair enough, but I honestly can't see that potential free childcare should play any part in a young person's decision about what to study, how and where!