Comments on: Mind the Gap: Taking a Year Off Before College [Guest Post] http://www.radicalparenting.com/2009/05/17/mind-the-gap-taking-a-year-off-before-college-guest-post/ Parenting From The Kids Perspective Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:26:00 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: 100 Tips, Tools, and Guides for Taking a Gap Year Before College – Online Degree Programs.org: Top Online Degrees http://www.radicalparenting.com/2009/05/17/mind-the-gap-taking-a-year-off-before-college-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-3517 100 Tips, Tools, and Guides for Taking a Gap Year Before College – Online Degree Programs.org: Top Online Degrees Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:19:36 +0000 http://www.radicalparenting.com/?p=4135#comment-3517 [...] Mind the Gap: Taking a Year Off Before College. Specifically for parents, this article goes over the benefits of a gap year, what to discuss with your child when considering a gap year, and resources for planning. [...]

[...] Mind the Gap: Taking a Year Off Before College. Specifically for parents, this article goes over the benefits of a gap year, what to discuss with your child when considering a gap year, and resources for planning. [...]

]]> By: Shaping Youth http://www.radicalparenting.com/2009/05/17/mind-the-gap-taking-a-year-off-before-college-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-2686 Shaping Youth Sun, 17 May 2009 18:34:02 +0000 http://www.radicalparenting.com/?p=4135#comment-2686 Excellent piece...and interesting that I'm hearing this echo even in younger kids' mental mantra (e.g. "I don't wanna burn out before I even get started") ---makes me wonder about all the testing/stressed out students among those who just don't find the talking head teacher approach viable any more in this uber-digital media world of multi-tasking engagement. Some great new ideas are forming via the Learning Library/MIT collaborative media studies crew which I just posted about here in a mashup of Henry Jenkins, Randy Pausch, and the new Star Trek movie called "Beam Me Up Scholars!" http://blog.shapingyouth.org/?p=6774 See you at Ypulse soon Vanessa, we need a separate timeslot to catch up and strategically pow-wow on the advisory front. --amy Amy Jussel Founder/Exec. Dir. www.ShapingYouth.org Excellent piece…and interesting that I’m hearing this echo even in younger kids’ mental mantra (e.g. “I don’t wanna burn out before I even get started”) —makes me wonder about all the testing/stressed out students among those who just don’t find the talking head teacher approach viable any more in this uber-digital media world of multi-tasking engagement.

Some great new ideas are forming via the Learning Library/MIT collaborative media studies crew which I just posted about here in a mashup of Henry Jenkins, Randy Pausch, and the new Star Trek movie called “Beam Me Up Scholars!” http://blog.shapingyouth.org/?p=6774

See you at Ypulse soon Vanessa, we need a separate timeslot to catch up and strategically pow-wow on the advisory front. –amy

Amy Jussel
Founder/Exec. Dir.
http://www.ShapingYouth.org

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