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[quote=Anonymous]My oldest isn't in high school yet, but unless a switch flips he'll be a good candidate for a gap year.
He's really not interested in school. He loves his athletics and his hobbies, but he struggles to give the commitment he should to his academics. He needs a lot of movement. Middle school with all the sitting in class listening to teachers has been really hard on him.
I anticipate him being pretty burnt out by the end of high school. One of my siblings was, and it meant the first year of college was a disaster. It's hard to crawl out of that hole.

I see a gap year as giving him the opportunity to experience something other than school in a serious way, to either refocus him so he starts college interested and strong, or give him some practical clarity about what he'd like to do instead of college.

His younger sibling on the other hand thrives in school. Unless she has a strong feeling about a gap year, assuming all else stays the same, I think going straight into college from high school makes a lot of sense for her.

Gap years are "trendy" because them being a common choice is new. My sibling could have used a gap year, but it was unheard of in our family/social group not to go straight from HS to college.[/quote]

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