There's a little fun discussion brewing around internships and apprenticeships.
Scott Walters notes the class issues.
Parabasis and 99seats discuss the legal framework and the merits of such an internship.
Even though I understand that theaters also have no money to pay people, and even though I realize that there is a great value in apprenticeships and internships (you can't start at the top after all) I do think that it's a system that rewards - not exclusively, but inherently - individuals who are less concerned about income.
I don't want to overly generalize - there are plenty of people out there that make sacrifices in order to get these opportunities. It just seems to me that if the question is access (and it is) , then the ability to work for free during regular working hours, even to work for very little, makes access far easier.
Life ain't fair, get a helmet, one might say. That's easy to say if you can afford a helmet.
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