Author: Chris Herrmann
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780648522225
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Chris Herrmann never intended to take a gap year. Certainly not a senior gap year. Life was too comfortable in Perth, Western Australia. Grandchildren were coming along one after another. Living the family dream. But suddenly life threw a spanner in the works. The reality hit. It's not something that just happens to other people. He was now on his own. Life is a journey. Not a destination. He knew that. There were however a hundred reasons why not to do this gap year. To give up his home in one of Perth's most beautiful locations, sell the furniture, sell the car, say goodbye to family and friends. To take off for twelve months backpacking around the other side of the world. What, giving all this up? Surely, you're too old. And what, travelling solo? But his gut feeling kept saying otherwise. Thankfully his gut feeling won out. My Senior Gap Year, The Book, tells his story in his own unique style. From pushing himself out of his own comfort zone. From not knowing a word of Spanish to his humorous attempts to communicate with the people he encountered. Navigating his own way around from one country to another. Experiencing every form of transport from a horse and cart to a five star coach. From sleeping on the floor of a Buddhist temple to a mat in the middle of a jungle. Finding himself left literally penniless in the middle of nowhere in a foreign country. And how his experiences with the people he met, like drugs, waste, terrorism have changed his views. He left with no purpose, other than to step out the door, travel and explore. But then how he turned an opportunity he discovered in the middle of the desert to benefiting charities worth around quarter million dollars. And that was just at the beginning of his journey.My Senior Gap Year. It's never too late.
My Senior Gap Year
Author: Chris Herrmann
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780648522225
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Chris Herrmann never intended to take a gap year. Certainly not a senior gap year. Life was too comfortable in Perth, Western Australia. Grandchildren were coming along one after another. Living the family dream. But suddenly life threw a spanner in the works. The reality hit. It's not something that just happens to other people. He was now on his own. Life is a journey. Not a destination. He knew that. There were however a hundred reasons why not to do this gap year. To give up his home in one of Perth's most beautiful locations, sell the furniture, sell the car, say goodbye to family and friends. To take off for twelve months backpacking around the other side of the world. What, giving all this up? Surely, you're too old. And what, travelling solo? But his gut feeling kept saying otherwise. Thankfully his gut feeling won out. My Senior Gap Year, The Book, tells his story in his own unique style. From pushing himself out of his own comfort zone. From not knowing a word of Spanish to his humorous attempts to communicate with the people he encountered. Navigating his own way around from one country to another. Experiencing every form of transport from a horse and cart to a five star coach. From sleeping on the floor of a Buddhist temple to a mat in the middle of a jungle. Finding himself left literally penniless in the middle of nowhere in a foreign country. And how his experiences with the people he met, like drugs, waste, terrorism have changed his views. He left with no purpose, other than to step out the door, travel and explore. But then how he turned an opportunity he discovered in the middle of the desert to benefiting charities worth around quarter million dollars. And that was just at the beginning of his journey.My Senior Gap Year. It's never too late.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780648522225
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Chris Herrmann never intended to take a gap year. Certainly not a senior gap year. Life was too comfortable in Perth, Western Australia. Grandchildren were coming along one after another. Living the family dream. But suddenly life threw a spanner in the works. The reality hit. It's not something that just happens to other people. He was now on his own. Life is a journey. Not a destination. He knew that. There were however a hundred reasons why not to do this gap year. To give up his home in one of Perth's most beautiful locations, sell the furniture, sell the car, say goodbye to family and friends. To take off for twelve months backpacking around the other side of the world. What, giving all this up? Surely, you're too old. And what, travelling solo? But his gut feeling kept saying otherwise. Thankfully his gut feeling won out. My Senior Gap Year, The Book, tells his story in his own unique style. From pushing himself out of his own comfort zone. From not knowing a word of Spanish to his humorous attempts to communicate with the people he encountered. Navigating his own way around from one country to another. Experiencing every form of transport from a horse and cart to a five star coach. From sleeping on the floor of a Buddhist temple to a mat in the middle of a jungle. Finding himself left literally penniless in the middle of nowhere in a foreign country. And how his experiences with the people he met, like drugs, waste, terrorism have changed his views. He left with no purpose, other than to step out the door, travel and explore. But then how he turned an opportunity he discovered in the middle of the desert to benefiting charities worth around quarter million dollars. And that was just at the beginning of his journey.My Senior Gap Year. It's never too late.
The Gap-Year Advantage
Author: Karl Haigler
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312336985
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
That complements the college-application process, communicating with students about their goals, and handling logistics such as travel, health insurance, and money.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312336985
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
That complements the college-application process, communicating with students about their goals, and handling logistics such as travel, health insurance, and money.
Choosing College
Author: Michael B. Horn
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119570115
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Cut through the noise and make better college and career choices This book is about addressing the college-choosing problem. The rankings, metrics, analytics, college visits, and advice that we use today to help us make these decisions are out of step with the progress individual students are trying to make. They don't give students and families the information and context they need to make such a high-stakes decision about whether and where to get an education. Choosing College strips away the noise to help you understand why you’re going to school. What's driving you? What are you trying to accomplish? Once you know why, the book will help you make better choices. The research in this book illustrates that choosing a school is complicated. By constructing more than 200 mini-documentaries of how students chose different postsecondary educational experiences, the authors explore the motivations for how and why people make the decisions that they do at a much deeper, causal level. By the end, you’ll know why you’re going and what you’re really chasing. The book: Identifies the five different Jobs for which students hire postsecondary education Allows you to see your true options for what’s next Offers guidance for how to successfully choose your pathway Illuminates how colleges and entrepreneurs can build better experiences for each Job The authors help readers understand not what job students want out of college, but what "Job" students are hiring college to do for them.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119570115
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Cut through the noise and make better college and career choices This book is about addressing the college-choosing problem. The rankings, metrics, analytics, college visits, and advice that we use today to help us make these decisions are out of step with the progress individual students are trying to make. They don't give students and families the information and context they need to make such a high-stakes decision about whether and where to get an education. Choosing College strips away the noise to help you understand why you’re going to school. What's driving you? What are you trying to accomplish? Once you know why, the book will help you make better choices. The research in this book illustrates that choosing a school is complicated. By constructing more than 200 mini-documentaries of how students chose different postsecondary educational experiences, the authors explore the motivations for how and why people make the decisions that they do at a much deeper, causal level. By the end, you’ll know why you’re going and what you’re really chasing. The book: Identifies the five different Jobs for which students hire postsecondary education Allows you to see your true options for what’s next Offers guidance for how to successfully choose your pathway Illuminates how colleges and entrepreneurs can build better experiences for each Job The authors help readers understand not what job students want out of college, but what "Job" students are hiring college to do for them.
GAP YEAR
Author:
Publisher: UNICORN CONGLOMERATE
ISBN: 0620817569
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
THE BOOK IS SPECIALLY TARGETED TO PRIMARY AND HIGH SCHOOL LEARNERS, SPECIFICALLY GRADE 12S, AND TEACHERS. IT IS BASICALLY TO SAY IT'S OKAY TO TAKE A GAP YEAR. IT MAY NOT BE BY CHOICE BUT DUE TO CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. IT IS TO ADVICE GRADE 12S TO RELAX AND ALLOW GOD TO TAKE OVER AND TO KNOW THAT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE DURING THE COURSE OF THE GAP YEAR.
Publisher: UNICORN CONGLOMERATE
ISBN: 0620817569
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
THE BOOK IS SPECIALLY TARGETED TO PRIMARY AND HIGH SCHOOL LEARNERS, SPECIFICALLY GRADE 12S, AND TEACHERS. IT IS BASICALLY TO SAY IT'S OKAY TO TAKE A GAP YEAR. IT MAY NOT BE BY CHOICE BUT DUE TO CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. IT IS TO ADVICE GRADE 12S TO RELAX AND ALLOW GOD TO TAKE OVER AND TO KNOW THAT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE DURING THE COURSE OF THE GAP YEAR.
Gap Year Girl
Author: Marianne C. Bohr
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781631528200
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Thirty-plus years after first backpacking through Europe, Marianne Bohr and her husband leave their lives behind and take off on a yearlong quest for adventure.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781631528200
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Thirty-plus years after first backpacking through Europe, Marianne Bohr and her husband leave their lives behind and take off on a yearlong quest for adventure.
Find Your Right Direction
Author: Phyllis Folb
Publisher: Redwood Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 9781952106620
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
"A well-organized, information-packed and interactive resource. Phyllis Folb's unique history and perspective has given the reader a story-filled, inspirational and motivating book that delivers an important and powerful message about the Gap Year in Israel." - Rae Nelson, The Gap Year Advantage by Karl Haigler and Rae Nelson "Thousands of students have used the Israel Gap Year to enrich their Jewish knowledge and commitment. With the help of the Find Your Right Direction: The Israel Gap Year Guide many more will follow the same exciting path." - Michael Medved, nationally syndicated radio talk show host, best-selling author of God's Hand on America - - - - - - - - - The definitive resource for navigating Gap Year programs in Israel! This essential resource is for students and parents seeking to understand what a Gap Year in Israel offers. It is also a roadmap for high school guidance counselors to help their students navigate the many Israel Gap Year program options. This book will answer the question: "Why is a Gap Year in Israel right for me?" How Gap Year programs fit into the rich history of travel to Israel A Gap Year quiz to help students identify their ideal program Sixty descriptions for co-ed, women's, and men's Israel Gap Year programs. Stories from former Gap Year students - - - - - - - - - Having been to over 20 countries on 5 continents to promote Israel Gap Year Programs, I can safely say that Phyllis Folb herself is the ultimate Israel Gap Year Program resource. In a post- COVID-19 outbreak world this book will be a valuable resource to help everyone looking for an Israel Gap Year Program. - Simon Cohen, Co-Founder and Admissions Director of Aardvark Israel Programs
Publisher: Redwood Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 9781952106620
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
"A well-organized, information-packed and interactive resource. Phyllis Folb's unique history and perspective has given the reader a story-filled, inspirational and motivating book that delivers an important and powerful message about the Gap Year in Israel." - Rae Nelson, The Gap Year Advantage by Karl Haigler and Rae Nelson "Thousands of students have used the Israel Gap Year to enrich their Jewish knowledge and commitment. With the help of the Find Your Right Direction: The Israel Gap Year Guide many more will follow the same exciting path." - Michael Medved, nationally syndicated radio talk show host, best-selling author of God's Hand on America - - - - - - - - - The definitive resource for navigating Gap Year programs in Israel! This essential resource is for students and parents seeking to understand what a Gap Year in Israel offers. It is also a roadmap for high school guidance counselors to help their students navigate the many Israel Gap Year program options. This book will answer the question: "Why is a Gap Year in Israel right for me?" How Gap Year programs fit into the rich history of travel to Israel A Gap Year quiz to help students identify their ideal program Sixty descriptions for co-ed, women's, and men's Israel Gap Year programs. Stories from former Gap Year students - - - - - - - - - Having been to over 20 countries on 5 continents to promote Israel Gap Year Programs, I can safely say that Phyllis Folb herself is the ultimate Israel Gap Year Program resource. In a post- COVID-19 outbreak world this book will be a valuable resource to help everyone looking for an Israel Gap Year Program. - Simon Cohen, Co-Founder and Admissions Director of Aardvark Israel Programs
Gap Year
Author: Joseph O'Shea
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421410362
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
The idea of the gap year has taken hold in America. Since its development in Britain nearly fifty years ago, taking time off between secondary school and college has allowed students the opportunity to travel, develop crucial life skills, and grow up, all while doing volunteer work in much-needed parts of the developing world.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421410362
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
The idea of the gap year has taken hold in America. Since its development in Britain nearly fifty years ago, taking time off between secondary school and college has allowed students the opportunity to travel, develop crucial life skills, and grow up, all while doing volunteer work in much-needed parts of the developing world.
Gap Life
Author: John Coy
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
ISBN: 1250088968
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Cray got into the same college his father attended and is expected to go. And to go pre-med. And to get started right away. His parents are paying the tuition. It should be an easy decision. But it's not. All Cray knows is that what's expected of him doesn't feel right. The pressure to make a decision—from his family, his friends—is huge. Until he meets Rayne, a girl who is taking a gap year, and who helps him find his first real job, at a home of four adults with developmental disabilities. What he learns about himself and others will turn out to be more than any university could teach him—and twice as difficult.
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
ISBN: 1250088968
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Cray got into the same college his father attended and is expected to go. And to go pre-med. And to get started right away. His parents are paying the tuition. It should be an easy decision. But it's not. All Cray knows is that what's expected of him doesn't feel right. The pressure to make a decision—from his family, his friends—is huge. Until he meets Rayne, a girl who is taking a gap year, and who helps him find his first real job, at a home of four adults with developmental disabilities. What he learns about himself and others will turn out to be more than any university could teach him—and twice as difficult.
Grown and Flown
Author: Lisa Heffernan
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 1250188954
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
PARENTING NEVER ENDS. From the founders of the #1 site for parents of teens and young adults comes an essential guide for building strong relationships with your teens and preparing them to successfully launch into adulthood The high school and college years: an extended roller coaster of academics, friends, first loves, first break-ups, driver’s ed, jobs, and everything in between. Kids are constantly changing and how we parent them must change, too. But how do we stay close as a family as our lives move apart? Enter the co-founders of Grown and Flown, Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington. In the midst of guiding their own kids through this transition, they launched what has become the largest website and online community for parents of fifteen to twenty-five year olds. Now they’ve compiled new takeaways and fresh insights from all that they’ve learned into this handy, must-have guide. Grown and Flown is a one-stop resource for parenting teenagers, leading up to—and through—high school and those first years of independence. It covers everything from the monumental (how to let your kids go) to the mundane (how to shop for a dorm room). Organized by topic—such as academics, anxiety and mental health, college life—it features a combination of stories, advice from professionals, and practical sidebars. Consider this your parenting lifeline: an easy-to-use manual that offers support and perspective. Grown and Flown is required reading for anyone looking to raise an adult with whom you have an enduring, profound connection.
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 1250188954
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
PARENTING NEVER ENDS. From the founders of the #1 site for parents of teens and young adults comes an essential guide for building strong relationships with your teens and preparing them to successfully launch into adulthood The high school and college years: an extended roller coaster of academics, friends, first loves, first break-ups, driver’s ed, jobs, and everything in between. Kids are constantly changing and how we parent them must change, too. But how do we stay close as a family as our lives move apart? Enter the co-founders of Grown and Flown, Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington. In the midst of guiding their own kids through this transition, they launched what has become the largest website and online community for parents of fifteen to twenty-five year olds. Now they’ve compiled new takeaways and fresh insights from all that they’ve learned into this handy, must-have guide. Grown and Flown is a one-stop resource for parenting teenagers, leading up to—and through—high school and those first years of independence. It covers everything from the monumental (how to let your kids go) to the mundane (how to shop for a dorm room). Organized by topic—such as academics, anxiety and mental health, college life—it features a combination of stories, advice from professionals, and practical sidebars. Consider this your parenting lifeline: an easy-to-use manual that offers support and perspective. Grown and Flown is required reading for anyone looking to raise an adult with whom you have an enduring, profound connection.
The Complete Guide to the Gap Year
Author: Kristin M. White
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780470501214
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This is the go-to book for anyone considering a year to re-charge, to follow a passion, to become immersed in another culture, or to find their love of learning again. It includes everything a student, parent, or guidance counselor would want to know about the gap year; including what a gap year is, what it is not, and why it can have a positive impact on a young life. * Readers can find out what college admissions deans think of the gap year, and how it is becoming an important part of the educational process at top tier universities. *Economically, the gap year can make a lot of sense in a recession, and this useful guide gives information on free programs, financial aid, and tax savings. *The book has a comprehensive guide to 200 of the world's best gap year programs. *Students will find self-quizzes and helpful criteria to help them decide whether to take a gap year, and if so what kind of program. This guide helps them evaluate their interests and plan and fund their gap year; whether it means spending a year on a sailing vessel, coaching sports and teaching in an impoverished area, or following a passion in the arts or academics.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780470501214
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This is the go-to book for anyone considering a year to re-charge, to follow a passion, to become immersed in another culture, or to find their love of learning again. It includes everything a student, parent, or guidance counselor would want to know about the gap year; including what a gap year is, what it is not, and why it can have a positive impact on a young life. * Readers can find out what college admissions deans think of the gap year, and how it is becoming an important part of the educational process at top tier universities. *Economically, the gap year can make a lot of sense in a recession, and this useful guide gives information on free programs, financial aid, and tax savings. *The book has a comprehensive guide to 200 of the world's best gap year programs. *Students will find self-quizzes and helpful criteria to help them decide whether to take a gap year, and if so what kind of program. This guide helps them evaluate their interests and plan and fund their gap year; whether it means spending a year on a sailing vessel, coaching sports and teaching in an impoverished area, or following a passion in the arts or academics.