The sole ambition then, of a spirited, engaging 22-year-old, who that year, would finish joint champion apprentice, had been simply this: "I just want to be making a good living out of riding racehorses – like any of the lads".
Largely an autodidact, he never went to a university, instead became a tailor's apprentice after he finished school, turning eventually to the theater when he was accepted as a writing and acting trainee at the Royal Court.
When he finished school, Balzac was an apprentice in a law office, but he turned his back on the study of law after wearying of its inhumanity and banal routine.
Ms. Frankel's first big brush with fame was in 2005 on "The Apprentice: Martha Stewart," where she finished second, losing to a contestant who seemed sunnier and less brash.
Whereas universities are widely seen as places to learn the theory behind a profession, high-quality apprenticeships provide focused, on-the-job learning, meaning that when apprentices finish their training they are fully prepared for the world of work.
At sixteen, Fontane finished with his formal education and apprenticed as an apothecary.
By the time Mr. LaPlante has finished casting the second season of "The Apprentice," he will have visited 13 cities and conducted hundreds of group interviews at open casting calls.
After working as an apprentice electrician, Mr. DiMeglio, 22, recently finished computer school and was starting a business in computer services -- helping people upgrade hard drives and the like (the stuff the young somehow seem best at).
That greenhouse was supposed to solve problems but as soon as it was finished I found myself in a sorcerer's apprentice kind of situation: it just spouted more and more things that needed looking after.
William, a scion of the establishment, has just finished his studies and is about to be apprenticed to a wine merchant in London.
Butcher finished high school in 1874 and was briefly apprenticed to a tintypist, who taught him the business of photography.
