BTS

Most of my lycée kids are BTS, which means they are doing a post-high school, 2-year associate's degree that, it hit me today, is probably best translated into an MBA. It's obviously not done at the same point in life as we would do it in the US (post-college, usually after you've been working for several years). But I had to write a blog post about this because it's been a little bit of an epiphany...BTS is a very general type of degree, and within that they can specialize in sales, mechanics, information technology, electronics, etc. They all have to do internships at businesses and they learn such skills as how to interview, how to integrate into a work environment, how to write a CV, etc., as well as the more technical aspects of their work. So that's it I think...BTS is kind of like an MBA. Just kind of. My kids, once they're done with BTS, will either begin work right away, or they will go on to college. So just kind of. But things are starting to make more sense....