Great article thanks for sharing

I would have loved to do this myself

I think this is all about to change, with the new government cutting money everywhere except his own pocket

I think a gap year is a great idea. So many students go from high school to university and a high percentage struggle, fail or get low marks – not sure if it’s about maturity or education overload or a bit of both – take a year off, blow away the cobwebs, think about the future, have some fun and then get back into it.

Good read thank you for the information

wish i went on a gap year

I wish I had this when I was going on my gap year all those years ago.

Great time to fill in the practical “gaps” that book learning doesn’t always provide.

great article. Thanks for sharing

I didn’t have a gap year, but I didn’t adjust to uni well and never finished. Can’t say it’s affected me in any way though, don’t need a uni degree in what I do today and haven’t been held back at all.

I will encourage my children to travel as they get older. While they are still young, and through their teenage years, I plan on taking them around Australia as I want them to appreciate what we have here before they experience other cultures. I am one of the over 35’s who wished they’d travelled more when they were younger!

I don’t really understnad… somehow the graphics made it more confusing 🙁

Thailand here I come

I wish I had a gap year in between high school & uni. I felt I never had a chance to unwind & take a break from study. I will encouraging my children to take a gap year.

Gosh, this sounds like some kind of fantasy. Hope it doesn’t sound mean, but people all around me are struggling to find employment, even smart people with degrees, and young people are taking a year off to find themselves? Mostly funded by their parents? Doesn’t seem very character building to me.

Great read thank you

I enjoyed this article thank you

AHHHH i hope not tonight, as I am in my pjs and happy watching soppy movies and playing on the computer. Might make this tomorrow night though.

Wish I’d had a gap year when I was younger then I might have not been so uncertain about my career. I think they are a great idea.

I’m 24 and didn’t have a gap year and I regretted it at the time. I thought if I took time off study I wouldn’t be able to get back into it, but turns out I’d burnt out from year 12. After doing a year of uni I took a year off to work, then I met my husband and now we’ve got 2 children, moved states and are starting our own business.

I can’t say I’d do things differently but I would have loved to have travelled a bit more. I hadn’t left the country until I went on my honeymoon. But I figure everything worked out well because I met my soul mate, have two amazing little girls and have found my passion. There’s plenty of time for travel once the kids leave home 😉 I think I’ll be encouraging our children to consider a gap year seriously though, but it’s their decision to make 🙂