Poor D! I'm laughing poor kid! When I mentioned the possibility of him apprenticing at a university science lab, he was horrified! All he could think of, (he told me this) was of all the movies where some boy was cuffed around, sent on boring errands, and constantly sweeping the floor! He couldn't see why I would consider this a great opportunity!
Though, really, I wonder what it would be like, I've never done an apprenticeship myself. A far cry from what's shown in the movies set in colonial days, I'm sure.