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Originally Posted by Joe Flo
hi im a stutent and also do volentry in a shop 1 day a week.I agree there are all different ways of working. I believe you get trained at college a certain way which is good as it gives you a foundation to build on.Once you are working in the big wide world however you use these skills as a base and find different ways which work for you.I defenately think you should try and get a little bit of hands on experience too.I have learned so much from the shop,things that i havnt done in college.  |
Exactly jo... the college gives you a
BASIS, a starting block. In this business you're never finished learning! I do not believe that you can ever know everything about flowers, and every way of floristry, as everyone has their own wee tricks.
I knew a student once who thought that once she had qualified she would walk straight into a florists job. Last I heard she was working in M & S and not even in the flower dept!
Obvsiouly there are some brill students out there, its just the ones that think because theyve done their course they automatically know as much about floristry as the owner of a business for 25 years +, that most people have problems with.