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Why I'm Not In College
Submitted by Paul on Mon, 04/19/2010 - 11:31
Why I'm Not In College
by Christopher Frederick
Going directly to college? I've got a better idea.
Take a gap year.
I'm taking a gap year as you read this sentence. So what do I do? I rent a room in Ithaca, New York. I take Brazilian guitar lessons twice a week. I play samba music at Cornell University every Thursday. I volunteer for Prisoner Express, a journal of writing by prison inmates. I cook my own food. I'm traveling to South America for four months to learn Spanish.
And I pay for everything myself.