ABSTRACT
In Britain at any rate the ingredient of competition in many school and university courses is more marked now. At a much higher level of instruction, firms in the United States, Britain, and many other countries are now providing either university level apprenticeships, or scholarships to universities themselves, in order to secure a reasonable supply of technologists. Technological and social development has so far relied heavily on three rather distinct horizontal strata, namely: the planners, the organizers, and the operatives. Engineering may be their type of occupation; but their personal style may range from 'mechanics' and craftsmen through 'technicians' to 'technologists' and 'back room boys'. Thus, many children may be headed off from industrial, commercial, and technical occupations even though those careers would be more rewarding and appropriate in every sense. Children are often encouraged to concentrate instead on studies and examinations in which they may have only a half-hearted interest and mediocre prospects of success.
