Putting off college was good

nikkor
Mon, 08 Nov 2004 13:36:22 +0000

Anyone recommend any good reads about gap year ideas or alternatives? lillybbloom, can you tell me about your gap year in France? How much of it is schoolwork, and how much time do you have to enjoy the sights and learn outside the classroom or library? I would not want my gap year to be a grind or overly stressful. No offense to anyone, but my parents hear anecdotes of kids coming back from Europe all messed up- drugs, booze, smoking, returning extremely jaded on the American way of life. Obviously depends on the kid, but anyone with comments on this?