Where there are disasters, according to Richard Oliver, director of the gap companies umbrella organisation, the Year Out Group, it is usually because of poor planning. That can be the fault of the company or of the student, he says, but the best insurance is thoughtful preparation. When people get it wrong, it is usually medical or, especially among girls, it is that they have not been away from home before or because expectation does not match reality.
The point of a gap year is that it should be the time when the school leaver gets to do the thing that he or she fancies. Kids dont mature if mum and dad decide how they are going to mature. If the 18-year-olds way of maturing is to slob out on Hampstead Heath soaking up sunshine or spending a year working with fishermen in Cornwall, then thats what will be productive for that person. The consensus, however, is that some structure is an advantage and that the prime mover needs to be the student.
The 18-year-old who was dispatched by his parents at two weeks notice to Canada to learn to be a snowboarding instructor at a cost of £5,800, probably came back with little more than a hangover. The 18-year-old on the same package who worked for his fare and spent the rest of his year instructing in resorts from New Zealand to Switzerland, and came back to apply for university, is the positive counterbalance.
1. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that parents of gap students may_____.
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