The Pros of Taking a Gap Year
“Gap time is a year or semester students take off before enrolling in college” (Taormina, 2012, para. 2). The idea of taking a gap year is relatively new to the people of the U.S. but isit's common in European countries, as they focus on things besidesbeyond academics. Each student/personStudents who wantswant to take a gap year has ahave different reasonreasons for doing so, such as charity work or even gaingaining work experience, which is very beneficial. However, many parents believe that taking a gap year is a waste of time, yet a study provided by Hostelworld (2016) showed that 80.56 percent of students had new, worthwhile experiences worthwhile. This is why students/peoplestudents should take a gap year.