Gap Year
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Is anybody planning on taking a gap year to travel or work etc? Or has anybody previously taken a gap year?
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Zanna V.
YORKSHIRE,
United Kingdom
2878 posts
L.O.L
June 7, 2010
Kat O.
LONDON,
United Kingdom
1092 posts
i'd love to work in a school in thailand. or go to franch and spain. sadly, i'm poor :L
June 7, 2010
Aya N.
TRIANGLE Y TRIANGLE,
Philippines
316 posts
whats a gap year?
June 7, 2010
Suzanna T.
ROSS-ON-WYE,
United Kingdom
143 posts
I am (:
When are you going?
June 7, 2010
Nikki B.
NOTTINGHAM,
United Kingdom
116 posts
lmfao.
June 7, 2010
Chloe W.
THE WIRRAL PENINSULA,
United Kingdom
62 posts
Ohhh that's ace! Doing what?
June 7, 2010
Chloe W.
THE WIRRAL PENINSULA,
United Kingdom
62 posts
Where you take a year out before uni or after uni before you get a job
June 7, 2010
Chloe W.
THE WIRRAL PENINSULA,
United Kingdom
62 posts
Oh cool, it will be september 2010 to september 2011. What are you going to do? And whens yours?
June 7, 2010
Kat O.
LONDON,
United Kingdom
1092 posts
something adults encourage young people to do, completely disregarding the fact that we have no money and will soon be in debt from student loans.
June 7, 2010
Becky C.
SOUTHWEST UK,
United Kingdom
470 posts
Everyone I know who's done a gap year this year has had to postpone any dreams of travelling far away since they're finding it really difficult to get a short-term job before starting uni. My friend has had to spend most of his time on gap year playing video games and watching terrible TV rather than getting to earn money or go travelling.
June 7, 2010
Zanna V.
YORKSHIRE,
United Kingdom
2878 posts
June 7, 2010
Chloe W.
THE WIRRAL PENINSULA,
United Kingdom
62 posts
That's not good at all. Thankfully I already have a job, so that should be a problem, so long as I still have on in a year!
June 7, 2010
Chloe W.
THE WIRRAL PENINSULA,
United Kingdom
62 posts
Omg, I thought that punk was actually in Burma. Ha!
June 7, 2010
Vicky V.
ANTWERP,
Belgium
933 posts
I went to work straight after secondary school. I liked it, it's given me a great deal of experience and a shitload of money as well. Now I'm in college, but I kind of bailed out (I stopped going to half of my classes and am only doing half of my exams) so who knows what lies ahead.
I might take another year off. Possibly to work as an au pair. But nothing is certain right now.
June 7, 2010
Mara C.
LAS LOUIS AND ST. VEGAS,
United States
4920 posts
I'm gonna be honest, all the people I've met who have done travel gap years (not actual working) before going off to school have come back with massively inflated egos, a huge sense of entitlement, and a disdain for anyone who doesn't want to do the same thing (often times because they're bitter about only getting deferred admission at their top school). An example comparison:
Girl A went to France on a gap year and just partied with French teenagers and thinks anyone who doesn't want to go to France on a gap year is a "close-minded bigot and shouldn't even be allowed to go to college."
Girl B, with whom I've been living briefly, went to France on a gap year and taught English, and she is now very self-reliant and not a cunt.
Sooo yeah. I'd say keep yourself busy. Become more awesome, not cuntier.
June 7, 2010
Suzanna T.
ROSS-ON-WYE,
United Kingdom
143 posts
Massive generalisation?
June 8, 2010
Suzanna T.
ROSS-ON-WYE,
United Kingdom
143 posts
I'd like to go to India, maybe the far east or australia, teach in Costa Rica and do a USA summer camp placement. But I'm not sure yet. I think I'll probably go in January 2012
June 8, 2010
Emma D.
MANCHESTER,
United Kingdom
51 posts
I'm coming to the end of a Gap Year and I've really enjoyed it. I've worked for the majority of it but got to go to Milan as well which was a dream of mine, I hoped to go to Paris too before starting Uni but after buying my Leeds Festival ticket and buying lots of beautiful clothes with my wages I'll have to wait.
Two of my friends went to India and South East Asia for 8 months and they thought it was amazing. They got back a few days ago and said it's odd to be back but they're so pleased they went. I don't think they have inflated egos either just for the record.
June 8, 2010
Mara C.
LAS LOUIS AND ST. VEGAS,
United States
4920 posts
No, everything that I write is backed up by decades of scientific research.
Also, it's not a generalization if genuinely every single person I've met who hasn't worked on a gap year has ended up with serious 'tude problemos. Just stating personal experience about my shitty luck in meeting gap year students.
June 8, 2010
Mara C.
LAS LOUIS AND ST. VEGAS,
United States
4920 posts
Whaaaat how did I not see this before.
Oh man their other sketches are awesome as well...
June 8, 2010
Zanna V.
YORKSHIRE,
United Kingdom
2878 posts
Mara! I thought you of all people would have seen this! hahaha
June 8, 2010