Assignment 10: Take a Gap Year (Optional Assignment) Before heading to a post-secondary program, you may want to explore the world by travelling independently or through an organized program. Read the following article on taking a Gap Year. (i.e.: a break from study taken by students upon graduating high school, often spent gaining work experience and/or travelling) It may be something of interest to you. Note: Some individuals choose to take a Gap Year after they've completed a degree/diploma/certificate, prior to entering the work world or embarking on another degree. (You may also want to consider a Co-op work term as a form of Gap Year.)
Read the article and watch the video of a volunteer opportunity working at an "Orangutan School" in Borneo. Does it interest you? Click Here and Click Here
In a thoughtful response of 3-4 paragraphs, discuss the benefits/appealof a Gap Year as it pertains to your life, learning, interests, future careers, etc. Talk about which options interest you, and when in the next 5 years you might begin them.
Read another "pro" Gap Year article from Mark and Craig Keilbuger of Global Voices -Click Here. The Globe and Mail also offers a perspective on taking a Gap Year - Click Here