Taking Time Off
by Colin Hall, Ron Lieber
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Author: Colin Hall, Ron LieberEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1996-07-01
ISBN: 0374524750
Number of pages: 287
Publisher: Noonday Pr
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Book Review: Indispensable Guide for the Uncommon Student
Summary: 5 Stars
Hall and Lieberhave successfully entered unchartered territory with their New York Times bestseller. While parents may scoff at the notion of their kids taking time off either before or during college, the experiences of students that Hall and Lieber chronicle suggest that valuable experience and new insight can be gained from a student sabbatical. Hall and Lieber emphasize that students must have a mapped out plan about what they want to do and what they want to gain from their experience. Taking time off is not about bumming around. There is a intellectual component to this endeavor that parents may tend to dismiss. They shouldn't.
Finally, a book that challenges the idea that all people between the ages of 18-22 should go to immediately to college without entertaining the possibility of alternative experiences that would serve them better, at least temporariliy. There is no doubt that young men and women should obtain their college degrees, according to Hall and Lieber... the question simply is when.
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The book encourages students to take time off before or during college to work, study, travel, or just do something different.According to the authors, taking a break before, during, or after college may be the most sure-fire way of enriching your education. Hall and Lieber--only one of whom actually took a breather in the midst of his 16-year educational marathon--have profiled more than thirty such students. One worked as a research assistant in the Amazonian rain forest; another did grass-roots organizing for Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign; still others found employment as soldiers, models, or missionaries. And even less glamorous gigs are likely to build your character, not to mention your resume.
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