WELCOME!

Hello potential persons for taking a gap year! I know that it Is difficult to decide what to do next after finishing high school so, here there are some reasons why you should choose taking a gap year! Hope I can convince you!

1- IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO HAVE A BREAK BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY

High school is a huge step and finish it is a mix of emotions. You are now an adult and you have a lot of responsibilities. Starting the university is all a new challenge. Students who arrive to university after travelling around the world are more self-confident than who didn't. You accumulate intimate knowledge of the world through a wide range of life experience. You return as a more open minded and a most sociable person!

2- YOU NEED TO EXPERIENCE NEW THINGS

To go around the world, or only to one place, alone or with friends, is always a step forward from your ordinary lifer. You learn other cultures, you meet new people, you do things that are far away from your routine. It's always healthy to sometimes make something new to enrich you as a person (mental and physical). This is about accumulating intimate knowledge of the world through a wide range of life experiences.

3- YOU SEE THE WORLD WITH AN OTHER PERSPECTIVE

Where ever you go, as a tourist or as a volunteer, you are going to see things you never expected. This new experience of unfamiliar cultures offers you profound lessons, especially if you are curious and a motivates young person. You ate going to realize all the different ways of life they are. You are going to understand more the world you are lining and start to really live an enjoy your life with optimism!

4- YOU WON'T HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO DO IT

Because when you are going to start university, you are going to be conctentrated 100%. You are going to decide and preparate your life. Then you are going to be an adult, and who knows, get married and have childre. Also, if you don't have a clear idea of what you are going to do next. Students who have grown up in a structures environment with a clearly social, athletic and academic goals, if they take a gap year this will give them valuable personal freedom.

5- LANGUAGES

If you go to any country, is always possible that they don't speak the same language that you. There are always different versions. It's good to go to a country which the first language is the one you would like to improve. But, how about learning a new one? Why would you be comfortable with only 1 or 2 languages? It's always great to have many options, it makes you more cult and this could be useful for life. Also this is a valuable skill for young people in today's interconnected world.

6- IT IS STH REALLY VALUABLE TO HAVE ON YOUR CV

The more you travel, the more you experience, the more you challenge yourself. This will help you to do whatever you want to do next. The CV is something important to your work life, this will represent you and what you had done. The more interesting, complete, absorbing it is, the more attention you will get. Also, they will realize the kind of person you are, someone who is really motivated and choose to have the best form for learning genuine education!

7- IT WILL GIVE YOU AN ADVANTAGE IN COMPARISON TO OTHERS WITH THE UNIVERSITY ADMISSION

Try yo imagine this situation:

An admission officer is trying to decide between two applicants. The boths of them have goods grades. One have been highly recommended by his teachers and was rhe patitain of the fottbal team in his school. The other took a gap year to North China, was a volunteer for 6 months helping in schools, speaks Chinese and is very concerned about education for children in horrible conditions.
Who do you think the admission person would choose?

8- YOU WILL SAVE MONEY

it's very common that students work part-time in their gap year, so they could cover their expenses. In the other hand, some organizations for this gap year trip, often make a budget with lot of advantages. Also, if you paid it in advance, when you are there, you don't have to be concerned about some expenses (accommodation, entertaining tickets, travel buses, etc.)

9-LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF

During a gap year you become more independent, you realize which are your strengths and your weaknesses, you feel more free and you gain interesting experiences. This will definitely enrich yourself and become a more mature person. Also you develop your sociable skills, where you can express yourself in different ways (body language, songs, instruments, rituals, dancing, etc.) If you are volunteering it's good for your mental health to be supporting a good cause and then feel that what you did was something useful for humanity.

10- IT'S FUN!

This is an opportunity that comes once in a blue moon. It's now or never. you only live once. You are going to have the time of your life there, you will met new people. learn new cultures, visit new countries, to see different environments, and also you are going to enrich you as a human being. Take a gap year, going around the world, is the most adventurous exploration and self-discover experience that you will have. It will be a life-changing for you and a memorable trip too!

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

I went to a gap year last year around Fiji and it was the most amazing experience. I want to motivate other students to do the same. If you would like to see my blog of my gap year go to: mahearoundtheworld.blogspot.com
For any question comment in this blog!

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