Harry Han
Some believe students must study. Thus when it comes to the end of high school, most students take a big step to the life of a college student. However, this is not the case of every high school student; instead some call it a “time out!” – Also known as a gap-year. Although this may seem like a disruption to the academic flow, students who undergo gap-year tend to find values much worthy than the knowledge other students learn from college education.
There are some values that cannot be taught within a lecture hall. When high school students decide on a gap year, they seek new experiences. As said by G. Jeffrey Macdonald in his article "'Gap Year' before College gives Grads valuable life experience," students who get through gap year gain confidence and they become aware of living independently. Moreover, exemplified from G. Jeffrey Macdonald’s article, Owen Henry, a student who decided to sail during his gap year, said that his job was a “painful process” but he did not quit. Gap year students, although they miss out on their academics and education, through challenging experience, they obtain endurance.
Not only does gap year allow students to gain work experience but it also develops one’s ability to set challenging goals in his life. For an example, Varun S. Kao, a former student of Jakarta International School, took a gap year after high school. Rather than taking his next step to higher education, he took his step to push his limit to world of sports. Now he plans on trying out for Badminton team in India, and hopes to play in the Olympics team.
It is called a gap-year but within that gap numerous lessons that can be learnt. Gap year allows students to discover a new value in life other than studying. Thus it is a good call to say time-out as that call could eventually teach something more than a chemistry textbook.
Some believe students must study. Thus when it comes to the end of high school, most students take a big step to the life of a college student. However, this is not the case of every high school student; instead some call it a “time out!” – Also known as a gap-year. Although this may seem like a disruption to the academic flow, students who undergo gap-year tend to find values much worthy than the knowledge other students learn from college education.There are some values that cannot be taught within a lecture hall. When high school students decide on a gap year, they seek new experiences. As said by G. Jeffrey Macdonald in his article "'Gap Year' before College gives Grads valuable life experience," students who get through gap year gain confidence and they become aware of living independently. Moreover, exemplified from G. Jeffrey Macdonald’s article, Owen Henry, a student who decided to sail during his gap year, said that his job was a “painful process” but he did not quit. Gap year students, although they miss out on their academics and education, through challenging experience, they obtain endurance.
Not only does gap year allow students to gain work experience but it also develops one’s ability to set challenging goals in his life. For an example, Varun S. Kao, a former student of Jakarta International School, took a gap year after high school. Rather than taking his next step to higher education, he took his step to push his limit to world of sports. Now he plans on trying out for Badminton team in India, and hopes to play in the Olympics team.
It is called a gap-year but within that gap numerous lessons that can be learnt. Gap year allows students to discover a new value in life other than studying. Thus it is a good call to say time-out as that call could eventually teach something more than a chemistry textbook.
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