Alleviating Youth Uncertainty with a “Year of Wandering”: How Do We Implement the Gap Year in the United States?

Many countries promote some version of a gap year, encouraging youth to spend a year abroad before making major life decisions. Why hasn’t this caught on as much in the United States?

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There is a familiar story of hesitancy I’ve heard many retell about their days directly after high school. “What now?” becomes a fundamental question at some point in our adolescence and usually it comes around the time we are exiting high school. Many are wracked by indecision and anxiety. All too often many of the you…