Internship is all the rage. Why so? Being experiential in nature, students are able to apply their classroom knowledge in a professional setting. Very often, the real world out there is vastly different from what you have learnt from textbooks. Thus, there is an increasing trend for both universities and polytechnics to make internships a compulsory component of any course. The length of each internship may vary – some are as short as 6 weeks while others stretch to 6 months (or beyond should the student request to extend). Personally, I support internships as it’s part of career planning. Let’s …