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1,700 lucky Brit kids to visit Apple Stores for 'Year of Engineering'

Dave 126 Silver badge

A good start would be to reclaim and protect the word Engineer for its real meaning, just as the title Doctor denotes a certain level of either academic achievement or medical training.

The person who fixes the photocopier is a technician and not an engineer, no more than the (invaluable and useful) person who takes X-rays is a doctor.

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