In this week's comments update, readers are debating the value of internships compared to paid architecture courses after Karim Rashid said young designers can learn more working at a studio.

Student union: in response to Dezeen's recent articles about unpaid internships, Karim Rashid has defended the practice saying young designers can learn more working at a studio than studying at a fee-paying university. Readers are undecided.
"Students really need to get over themselves," argued Marmite. "They are not worth half as much as they think they are. I know people who did unpaid internships in Italy, what they learned was invaluable but they got more out of it than the practice did."
JPV agreed: "It is an honour to get an internship at a renowned firm. For talented outsiders it's a golden ticket to an illustrious career. I'd have borrowed money to complete such an intern when I was starting out." "Unpaid internships create an industry full of people from one area of society," replied Roberto Sideris. "If design is to respond to the hardships of everyone in this rapidly changing world it cannot be representative of one area of the global community."
Tom Shadbolt felt similarly: "Architecture eduction needs seriously looking at, and internships should be made illegal if they do not pay the minimum wage. I meet far too many interns who are so ill prepared for working in an architecture office."
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