Concetti Chiave
- Approximately 50,000 school leavers choose to take a gap year for various reasons like travel, earning money, or gaining work experience.
- A gap year offers unique experiences, such as Adrienne Hunter's global trip which provided her with transformative life insights.
- Educational opportunities during a gap year include obtaining professional qualifications or learning new languages, exemplified by Tina Purcell's fluency in Japanese.
- Gap year experiences can lead to significant changes in career plans, as seen with Tim Roberts and Danny Anderson altering their academic paths.
- Many employers value the experiences gained during a gap year, making it important to choose meaningful activities during this time.
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Il fenomeno dei gappers
This year, about 50.000 school leavers will become gappers and take a gap year. Maybe they want to have a break from being a student, to earn money before university, to get work experience, to think what to do next, or just to travel.
Esperienze di viaggio indimenticabili
A gap year can offer the journey of a lifetime. With three friends, Adrienne Hunter travelled around the world via Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, and the USA. “It was an amazing experience,” said Adrienne, “I saw so many different places-I don’t feel like the same persona s a year ago".
Opportunità educative durante il gap year
If you want education, why not get a professional skiing qualification at a ski resort in Canada? Or learn a language like Tina Purcell. She spent six months learning Japanese in Nayoya. When she returned to Edinburgh, she was fluent.
After a gap year you may change your long-term plans. When Tim Roberts was 19, he intended to study International Politics at University. After six months as a farm worker in Chile, he decided to study Languages instead. Danny Anderson planned to take a degree in Business studies. But three months working on a conservation project in Borneo made him ch’ange his mind. He is now studying Geography.
Il valore del gap year per i datori di lavoro
Many employers believe that a gap year is a valuable experience and they will be interested in what you did. So think carefully before you choose what to do. Although you may look on your gap year as a time for having fun, the real world will still be there when you get home!
Domande da interrogazione
- Qual è il fenomeno dei gappers?
- Quali esperienze educative si possono ottenere durante un gap year?
- Come viene percepito il gap year dai datori di lavoro?
Ogni anno circa 50.000 studenti decidono di prendersi un anno sabbatico, noto come gap year, per fare una pausa dagli studi, guadagnare denaro, acquisire esperienza lavorativa, riflettere sul futuro o semplicemente viaggiare.
Durante un gap year, si possono ottenere qualifiche professionali, come quella di sci in Canada, o imparare una nuova lingua, come ha fatto Tina Purcell con il giapponese a Nayoya. Queste esperienze possono influenzare i piani a lungo termine, come è successo a Tim Roberts e Danny Anderson.
Molti datori di lavoro considerano il gap year un'esperienza preziosa e sono interessati a sapere cosa si è fatto durante quel periodo. È importante scegliere attentamente le attività da svolgere durante il gap year, poiché il mondo reale sarà ancora lì al ritorno.
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