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Ah well, the final exams were a hard part too. The company where i was an apprentice didn't really teach us anything except we were taking part in the daily work life, while in other companies the kids really had people teaching them electrical theory.

How is it done in the US? Do electrical contractor apprentices visit classes?
Over here, most apprenticeships run parallel in the business and a public vocational school. Depending on the type of Job, you go to vocational school 1 day per week, or you do blocks of 2 weeks school, 6 weeks work, and so on.
You would basically have to intensify what you learned in the 2 weeks school during the following 6 weeks work, with the help of your trainer. But we didn't have a dedicated trainer and we just worked and forgot much from school, until the next school block started.