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Title: Gap Year
Producer: Emily Halevy
Feed: CWKN #380, April 9, 2008
Repurposed: CWK Network #182 June 23, 2004
Time: 1:32
SUGGESTED LEAD: FOR MANY STUDENTS, THE FRENZIED, NON-STOP TREK TO COLLEGE BEGINS THEIR FIRST DAY OF HIGH SCHOOL. AND, AFTER FOUR YEARS OF STUDY, SAT EXAMS AND AP CLASSES CAN BE EXHAUSTING. THAT’S WHY MORE AND MORE UNIVERSITIES ARE RECOMMENDING A “GAP” YEAR BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.
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NATS: graduation (:00)
NARR: GRADUATION … THE END OF 12 LONG YEARS OF SCHOOL. AND THEN, AT THE END OF THE SUMMER … MANY WILL BEGIN COLLEGE. BUT NOT ANNIE VAN BEUNIGAN. [BEW- (rhymes with “new”) nah-genn] (:08)
NATS: look at map (:11)
“This is kind of the center of Paris — and the Sorbonne is right here in the fifth.”
NARR: BEFORE COLLEGE, SHE’LL SPEND A YEAR IN FRANCE. (:02)
SOT: Annie Van Beunigen, 17 years old (:18)
“It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. I’m pretty sick of school, I’ve done a lot of it. I worked pretty hard in high school. I was pretty driven and I just want to take a break.”
NARR: THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REPORTS HALF OF ALL COLLEGE KIDS TAKE SIX YEARS OR MORE TO GET A BACHELOR’S DEGREE … IN PART BECAUSE SO MANY BEGIN THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR BURNED OUT AND UNFOCUSED. EXPERTS SAY A YEAR OFF CAN HELP. (:14)
SOT: Adam Lips, College Admissions Officer (:42)
“It might give a student a little bit more direction. They may be refreshed after taking a year off.”
SOT: Annie Van Beunigen (:49)
“My mom took a year off and went to live in France and she said that that was the best year of her life. She like, learned so much and just grew up so much and went back to college and was more focused.”
SOT: Adam Lips (:57)
“For a lot of people it builds character. It builds maturity and it lets them make the most of that college experience.”
NARR: STILL, DELAYING COLLEGE SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. (:03)
SOT: Adam Lips (1:09)
“There needs to be a great deal of thought put into what a student is going to do during that year so that it’s meaningful to them you know not just taking a year off.”
NARR: ANNIE IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HER YEAR ABROAD. (:03)
SOT: Annie Van Beunigen, 17 (1:23)
“You come back with like, an open mind and you’ve just like, learned so much stuff. You know you learn from people who are different from you. I think you learn about yourself.”
NARR: I’M COLLIN SIEDOR FOR CONNECT WITH KIDS. (:02)
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