Comments | patrizi0: Half-Step, Take Back

patrizi0

Half-Step, Take Back

May 04, 2006 23:58

HOLD UP.

YAY OR NAY?
Spending the next year abroad--teaching English in foreign countries, volunteering, etc..

I WANT YOUR OPINION!

I mean, I know I'm dying to go to college, but.. wouldn't a gap year just be the best thing ever?

...back to studying..

Comments 15

majorarcana May 5 2006, 04:21:42 UTC

Nay

Do it after college. You'll be way better prepared for it and much more receptive to all sorts of new things.

erikman May 5 2006, 05:00:46 UTC

Nay.

What Steve said, and you'll also be a year off from your peers and friends. You'll also be much older and more responsible (I've matured a lot in just this first year).

hardcore_irish May 5 2006, 05:20:50 UTC

YAY

hardcore_irish May 5 2006, 05:24:13 UTC

Many think a gap year helps prepare one for college. Statistically those who enter college after a year off do bett and are more mature than those who enter straight from high school.

Also, volunteering and helping in other countries is a comepletely different learning experience that will most like be more useful to your life than freshman year in college.

Take a year off.
Call Brown, get a deferment, and go make the world a better place.

hardcore_irish May 5 2006, 05:25:15 UTC

I really must apologize for the heinous typos in my comment. I have been working on my research paper for hours now and my brain is like goopy oatmeal.

poisoned__rose May 5 2006, 05:28:19 UTC

YAY!

I agree with um... this person! lol.

A completely different learning experience is always a plus :)

Thread 5

poetyouknowit May 5 2006, 11:06:02 UTC

Nay. Taking your freshman year with all your friends and peers is really important, I say. Besides, being on your own is amazing, but it's a ton more fun with people your own age and situation. Freshman year of college is really super and necessary. You'll get good experiences either way, but I personally vote for staying with college.

erikman May 5 2006, 13:05:37 UTC

Hehe, all the kids who have actually been to college voted "nay" ;)

majorarcana May 5 2006, 15:50:36 UTC

That goes to show ya something right there, huh? ;)

poisoned__rose May 8 2006, 03:35:33 UTC

i've gone to college and i voted yay.

fallingwindows May 5 2006, 18:30:40 UTC

Go to college with people your age. LEARN. LIVE. Then go teach and make more money and be more respected because of your education! XD