A year of pause after the tray The idea is shiver of concern for many parents. Under the pretext of "to give time for reflection" or "live new experiences", many are young college graduates who were in difficulty. "If it is only to spend a sabbatical year with nothing to do or living from odd jobs, the risk is clearly a year lost," said Sabine Paserot, of the firm guidance and Topos Consultants.
And yet. Well prepared one year without studies can be very useful. Abroad, the practice is very usual. In England, some 30,000 young decide each year to defer their entry to the University, to perform what is called across the "gap year".
France, the phenomenon is beginning to take importance. "The youth who have no idea what they want to do a year of reflection may be the opportunity to clarify their professional project," says Franck Siedel, Director of Project Abroad, a private organization which provides humanitarian or school trips abroad.
After high school in 2003, Marion de Jacquelot thus decided to leave six months in the Mexico, for a mission in a centre of education for persons with disabilities. Revenue in France, it will work in a souvenir shop at the château de Versailles. Many experiments that enabled him to specify its orientation. After validated a deug, she enrolled in licence in economics, and prepares the management schools entrance exam. "I clearly wanted to work abroad." Since my return, I oriented my studies in this direction. It is much more motivating to study when we know what we want to do! ", she explains.
An asset on the CV
Even college graduates who know what direction to turn are sometimes seduced. Michael Rowe, pupil of scientific Terminal, part next year in China and then in Mongolia, via Project Abroad to help teams of doctors and nurses from private hospitals. The opportunity for him to confront his attraction for medicine in the reality of the field. "At the end of this year, I will clearly know if I am made for this job," he enthuses. And if this is not the case, this will avoid me to initiate long studies for nothing.
There are many opportunities of "useful break". Some graduates are trying to find internships. But the solution has its limits, because it is best then to sign an agreement with an educational institution. The majority therefore chooses to go abroad, either for part of his education, or to a site or a humanitarian mission. In addition the possibility to develop in a foreign language, these trips are often the opportunity of enriching experiences. Laurent Stouffles, Bachelor in 2004, thus followed four months a Terminal education in a High School to the Canada, before the rest of the year in Trujillo, Peru, via the Organization AFS living without borders. To teach English to a class of autistic children, he was the only French within a radius of 600 km. Isolation difficult to live, but that Lawrence j. today "extremely rewarding." "For young people of this age, these experiments are an undisputed asset in their schooling and on their CV," recalls Cécile Escape, consultant in the cabinet of Council orientation SMBG. On his return, Laurent Stouffles was admitted in take in high school, Bordeaux.
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