Blog 10

I don't believe that someone can take a generalized stance on whether someone should take a year break between high school and college.  A student may have financial troubles and may use an extra year to help pay for classes, or a lazy person could use it to sleep in and play video games every day.  On the flip side, going to school year after year with no break can cause a student to crash.  Students should take their time, not feeling obligated to go to school or to wait a year.  There are several reasons someone would pick one and not the other.  I personally just left high school and decided to jump right into college not only to get a real job faster, but so that I don't get rusty.  I'd imagine that after spending a year doing nothing it might be hard to get back into studying.  Even though I went right into school again, I don't feel any better than someone who waited a year, because you never know WHY they waited.  I think it's a bad idea to wait just because you want to postpone the inevitable, but school, injury, and other reasons are more than reasonable.