What was an advantage of becoming an apprentice?

There are certain things that you cannot learn without apprenticeship how much you are told, explained or instructed. Further, apprenticeship is learning in real life situation - learning while doing. You gain authoritative knowledge - in a way it is an inheritance of skills. Certain skills are not possible to master without apprenticeship - it may be making a frniture to running a nation. You can speculate future of the trade and find way round to problems. It primes your knowledge for execution if you have learnt it in schools - meaning in theory. With apprenticeship, one can perform even wihtout much theoritical knowledge. To have an opportunity to work with a good 'master' worths several years of diploma. Are you looking for one - to give or take?