For this reason, I’m writing below from the perspective of the rest of the group, who shared their experiences and impressions of the J.P. Morgan presentation with me.
At noon, we made our way to the J.P. Morgan building, where we later held our presentation. As expected, the building was impressive. But even more impressive was the room where we were able to exchange with J.P. Morgan apprentices. Besides the large room, we were also surprised by the number of people present, as we had expected fewer. After a small round of getting to know each other, we started our presentation. The apprentices from J.P. Morgan were surprised that we had prepared something and apologized as they had not prepared anything.
The presentation went as rehearsed except for minor deviations and was a good first introduction to our teaching system for the Q&A session that followed. Afterwards, we had the opportunity to exchange questions and learn more about their life as apprentices in New York. One point that surprised us was that they have half a day of school and half a day of work each day. This is a big difference from our work week during training.