The Gap Year
The gap year is probably the most common type of extended travel, undertaken by students in the year immediately after school, college or university. Travelling the world during this period is a very common goal. This enables gap year students to broaden their experience, increase their understanding of themselves and others, as well as being a fun and interesting time. After a gap year of travel, students are able to go to university or start a career with an additional level of confidence. This really does work.
Typical characteristics : most people in this group tend to be lone travellers or with a close friend, in the age 18 - 22 bracket, on working holiday visas, often doing any kind of job they can find.
I'm not sure if kids/people/young adults/adults (what ARE we called???) in the States go through the Gap year craze like people over here do. Actually, it's a very English thing to do...I met more English people while backpacking in Central America than any other nationality. Actually this passage is from an English site (which I lost on my computer so I cant refer you all back to it) because in England 'college' is high school, whereas in Ireland college is the same as university. Although some posh schools here are called colleges. Back to the point: in England I suppose it's almost like a right of passage. But here in Ireland, we're renowned for travelling (or at least running away from the rain!) so while we may not be known for gapping, we are known for being everywhere :)
So this is me heading out on my gap year, except it's not really going for a year. I decided I'd rather stay here and work and be able to save proper money, instead of doing random jobs and trying to scrape by with my wages. I'm sure it would have been a good experience but then again anything you do in life would provide a lesson or two.
I'm getting excited....five more weeks...and scared....five more weeks...
I havent done anything in the last week regarding preparing for my trip...no reading up on things, no filling out uni forms, no anything really. I've been focusing on not eating and going to the gym too much! haha. So I'm faced with a million things I STILL have to get done.
I'm off to the doctor tomorrow to get vaccines. Ouch.
It's 00:00 on the clock right now...exactly midnight....
Exactly.
posted by Oreo @ 12:00 PM
1 Comments:
aahhh.. the gap year...
i think mine was spent DURING college, in one country only, and working a stable job.. because i sure have learned a shitload about myself this year... :)
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