So my daughter is really intelligent. GCSEs she got 7 As and 2Bs. However she does not want to follow an academic route, she loves working with her hands.... technology is her favourite subject. She designed and built a full size working beehive from scratch this year for her project. She would love to get an apprenticeship as a carpenter.
She goes to a posh private all girls grammar school (on full scholarship, we couldn't afford it). As you might imagine they are not really on board with her career choices. We fully support her in whatever she wants to do (after all her dad was a carpenter) . So for work experience we couldn't get her with a carpenter but she is going out with a plumberbfor a week as she loves engineering type things as well. She is really looking forward to it.
The school are horrified They pride themselves on educating young ladies.