http://www.educatednation.com/2008/08/08/taking-a-gap-year/ Education Blog. News, humor, advice, and opinion on education and career, graduate school, college degrees, and university life. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:04:17 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.educatednation.com/2008/08/08/taking-a-gap-year/comment-page-1/#comment-124944 Educated Nation--Play Doh-Smeared Credentials | Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:09:24 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2008/08/08/taking-a-gap-year/#comment-124944 [...] Is it peculiar and freakish that I lump “success” and “happy” in the same pile? Perhaps. I love my kiddos, and I really do believe the high-pressure helicopter parents love their kiddos, too. We have different ways of showing it, however. I have some grandparental units who showed their love for me, for the first 25 years of my life, in ways similar to the hyper parents of today; they wished me every success, including unfounded dreams of sending me off to medical school because that’s what they had done and that’s where all of their friends’ grandkids were obediently marching off to (like cranky little lemmings, I might add). [...] [...] Is it peculiar and freakish that I lump “success” and “happy” in the same pile? Perhaps. I love my kiddos, and I really do believe the high-pressure helicopter parents love their kiddos, too. We have different ways of showing it, however. I have some grandparental units who showed their love for me, for the first 25 years of my life, in ways similar to the hyper parents of today; they wished me every success, including unfounded dreams of sending me off to medical school because that’s what they had done and that’s where all of their friends’ grandkids were obediently marching off to (like cranky little lemmings, I might add). [...]

]]> http://www.educatednation.com/2008/08/08/taking-a-gap-year/comment-page-1/#comment-124773 Seriously Consider Your Gap Year « TheUniversityBlog Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:50:46 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2008/08/08/taking-a-gap-year/#comment-124773 [...] This article is an even more pointed read, given that I have also just read about ‘Taking a Gap Year’ on the Educated Nation blog: “In the land I am from, saying ‘I’m taking a year off before I start college,’ means one of two things: either you’re a slacker and have no direction and do not wish to succeed in life, or your parents aren’t going to foot the tuition bill and you need a little time to think before you leap into the Student Loan Chasm of Doom.” [...] [...] This article is an even more pointed read, given that I have also just read about ‘Taking a Gap Year’ on the Educated Nation blog: “In the land I am from, saying ‘I’m taking a year off before I start college,’ means one of two things: either you’re a slacker and have no direction and do not wish to succeed in life, or your parents aren’t going to foot the tuition bill and you need a little time to think before you leap into the Student Loan Chasm of Doom.” [...]

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