Many of us will sit there and listen to students taking a gap year before heading off to do their studies at university. But how many of you sit there and think, is this just one big holiday ??
Now obviously, a gap year, is entirely down to an individual how they choose to spend it and a number of factors will determine what happens. Ultimately, the majority of decisions will boil down to finances that are available to the student and whether they can afford to go off trekking through a jungle, or exploring long lost treasures in some caves in the middle of a distant foreign country.
Personally I was lucky enough to take part in Camp America which involved me spending 3 months coaching instructional sport to American children on a sports camp. This was both enjoyable and educational to me, and allowed me to develop a skill-set which i was able to bring back to my degree the following year.