My school it was compulsorary to do it. If you didn't do Work Experience, Camp (I did Surfing Camp), School Certificate, or Activity Week(s), then you couldn't go to the Formal. One girl couldn't go to one of the camps because they left on her holy day and she didn't tell the school until closer to the date, they threatened that she couldn't go to the Formal but then I think it got all sorted out.
I went to my primary school. They said I was teaching Transition (Pre School and Kindergarten toss together) but then the principle made a mistake like a couple days before it started and I was a floater until the actual day of Work Experience. So I had no class and no actual person who was suppose to look after me. Poorly sorted out, mum was pissed and wrote to the Work Experience Co-ordinater, who was suppose to check everything and give me the right information, said it was a mistake. T.T"
Worse work experience ever. They considered us as still students, wouldn't let us in the staffroom (the principle was an arsehole, the first day we were allowed to go to the shops which is like a 5-10 min walk and go into the staffroom) or the shops. T.T"