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glatt · 12-09-2004, 11:17 AM

Growing up, I knew a family where all the kids had to take a year off between high school and college. The parents made them, because they felt that working that one year would show their kids what kind of work was available for someone with only a high school diploma. They figured that it would be good motivation to stay in college and do well. Also, they thought that taking a year off would give the kid a chance to mature and spend less time partying in college. The parents didn't want to pay outrageous amounts of money just to let ther kids party for four years.

I think that for three of the four kids it worked. For the fourth, who went to my college, it didn't. He was not a serious student. He turned out alright in the end though.

12-09-2004, 11:17 AM	#12
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Growing up, I knew a family where all the kids had to take a year off between high school and college. The parents made them, because they felt that working that one year would show their kids what kind of work was available for someone with only a high school diploma. They figured that it would be good motivation to stay in college and do well. Also, they thought that taking a year off would give the kid a chance to mature and spend less time partying in college. The parents didn't want to pay outrageous amounts of money just to let ther kids party for four years. I think that for three of the four kids it worked. For the fourth, who went to my college, it didn't. He was not a serious student. He turned out alright in the end though.