Should this year's high school juniors plan for applying DURING a gap year?

hillybean
Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:55:39 +0000

parentologist:

What might an accepted student do for a gap year this year? There is a worldwide health emergency going on that largely does not affect healthy 18 year olds who don't have risk factors. Every single aspect of healthcare institutions, nursing homes, our food supply chain, education (assuming that the schools are able to open at all), the funeral industry, practically ANY job that puts people in contact with one another that is considered essential, ALL of these jobs will need workers who are at low risk, so that workers at high risk can remain isolated. So rather than a gap year going to an exotic locale to polish up their high school foreign language, how about a gap year working the bottom rung in any healthcare related field that requires no or mini

It may not affect the teens but it most certainly affects their parents, their high-risk siblings, their grandparents who they are asymptomatically bringing the virus home to. I’m not saying there are no opportunities, but certainly not every high school senior can do this.