When I travelled to Finland I didn’t imagine what their school looked like or what the school system was like. I have been here for about 2 weeks now but the differences are completely obvious.
Here they have a lot of practice; theory in class is only one day a week. When students get a piece of knowledge about logistics in theory, they put it into practice to help them understand the work they are going to do.
At our school or at whole school system we have in Slovenia, it bothers me that we don’t get any practical experience. Well, only at 3-year program, but I think it is not enough. Some 4-year-program schools have practical work, but what about logistics? We don’t have any school practice at all, at least not at +2-year-program. Only those 2 weeks of practical work at company. It`s something, but it depends on employer and his goodwill to give students challenging tasks.
I am not complaining about our school or school system, all I want it to say is, that practical work is actually very important for students. Through work we see and understand what the theory we learn is about. We can understand our profession and actually see if we want to do this our whole life. After all, you gain some experience and companies prefer to employ people who already know something. It is easier for them too.
