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Learning to be a writer- a contradiction

There was a time when individuals were expected to choose very early whether they wanted to become a scholar or whether they wanted to become a tradesmen. Those who wanted to do business had to get themselves enrolled as an apprentice with an expert tradesman. The idea was that running a business involved not just theoretical knowledge but practical experience as well. This is the reason why the education was converted into a long training session where the individual would serve under the expert for many years to become an expert himself.

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