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I find the (almost) complete lack of gap years in the US really weird, and really unfortunate. I feel like people going on gap years is beneficial even to those
by matthewowen 14y ago
I find the (almost) complete lack of gap years in the US really weird, and really unfortunate. I feel like people going on gap years is beneficial even to those people who don't go on them - it adds a different (and on the whole beneficial) dimension to first year student life.
- shard 14y agoMy guess is that the gap year concept is actually unusual in most of the world. As far as I know it's very uncommon in Asia, where the closest thing is studying abroad for a year.