Being Gone For 11th Grade

stacy
Sun, 09 Apr 2006 17:53:59 +0000

I went to England my junior year and my brother’s now in Finland for his.

obviously I didn’t have the language issue to contend with (and my brother may end up graduating a year late, essentially having done a gap year during instead of after high school) but it all worked out fine.

lots of kids will have good AP exam results; relatively few show the gumption and maturity to spend a year abroad. I can’t recommend it enough

(one thing to consider is what it will be like living with your kid when s/he returns though…I was definitely a brat my senior year of high school, ticked about living with my parents again and wanting to be back in england or off at college or basically anywhere).