As a photographer of some years I have found many things in this industry that confuse me, most of them political. One of the topics that confuses me most is this: Why won't a seasonsed photographer take on someone with promise as an apprentice? This is the first forum I've seen that even poses the questions that help make young photographers better. But still, in the working world outside the muraled walls of this haven for artists, why is it that so few photographers will take a second look at the younger in their trade? Are we so scared that they'll our work or that in helping them learn we are training our replacements that we shun them totally? Or are the great days of apprenticeships gone?