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Clodfobble · 12-09-2004, 10:14 AM

I'm against the idea of "taking a year off" for its own sake. I know some folks that age still don't have a sense of who they are, and all that, but to me the decision should be more "Am I going to college, or am I going to enter the workforce?" Both of which are completely legitimate goals--but if you feel the need to promise someone that you will go to school after the year is up, that just says to me that you should have been going to college in the first place.

If you have the drive and desire and ability to go to college, why put it off a year? If it's just to learn what it's like to have a job--you can have a job while you go to college. Everyone I know who "took a year off" considers it a wasted year once they're far enough away to look back on it.

12-09-2004, 10:14 AM	#11
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I'm against the idea of "taking a year off" for its own sake. I know some folks that age still don't have a sense of who they are, and all that, but to me the decision should be more "Am I going to college, or am I going to enter the workforce?" Both of which are completely legitimate goals--but if you feel the need to promise someone that you will go to school after the year is up, that just says to me that you should have been going to college in the first place. If you have the drive and desire and ability to go to college, why put it off a year? If it's just to learn what it's like to have a job--you can have a job while you go to college. Everyone I know who "took a year off" considers it a wasted year once they're far enough away to look back on it.