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64. Why Take A Gap Year?
The typical path for a student seeking higher education is to enter college right after high school. For what possible reason, then, would--or should--a teen consider deviating from that path to pursue a period of personal growth at home or abroad? Amy and Mike invited association executive Ethan Knight to enumerate multiple answers to the question, "Why take a gap year?"
What are five things you will learn in this episode?
What exactly is a gap year, and how does one work?
How does "radical juxtaposition" improve perspective?
What three big reasons impel students to take a gap year?
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