Last but not least: Away from the school desk, out into the field?

The state-subsidized association Berufsbildungplus.ch has angered Zurich's liberal politicians with an advertising campaign for the promotion of apprenticeships: postcards and flyers read: "Better to create cleverly than to be clever", as the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper reported on Friday. This sensationalist slogan not only ridicules vocational schools, but also all other post-secondary education - especially grammar schools. According to the FDP, it is not acceptable to exclude pupils who want to become smarter at school and play them off against apprentices. For the party, this campaign is "state-approved stupidity". Well then, cheers to the beetles with sweat on their foreheads and down with the head-smoking smart alecks - state-qualified stupidity or not...