jerry cahn joins us from mentor our kids. mr. cahn--how is this going to be resolved? > > i think it's going to be resolved by people making a clear distinction between whether they're going to offer a mentoring internship which then makes it worthwhile for both the student and the company and for the mentor to run the program... or are they going to decide that they really don't want to mentor their interns, they don't want them there to learn, they just want cheap labor in which case they have to end their program. > > do you think that all companies should pay something? > > again it's a question i think everyone should pay for what they are getting, yes, but i think the question becomes, what is it that they are doing? i think the distinction being made right now that needs to be made is the difference between a mentoring internship which gives the students an opportunity to learn new things about their skills, themselves, and the workplace and develop an understanding of what the company is about... as opposed to asking them to do scut work like go get me lunch, m