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‘Gap year’ is recently becoming very popular among U.S. students, although it was once seen as a waste of time. The advantages of taking a gap year, however, are countless.
Parents used to (and some still do) rush their children to study, take exams, go to college right after high school. As a result, teenagers often regret about the degrees they signed up for because at that age they rarely know what they want from life.
According to statistics, most students who took a year off from school are more focused in college.
Holly Bull, a president of the Center for Interim Programs, a consulting …
If participating in abduction or tornado-chasing tourism is not thrilling enough for you, you can try staying overnight in a real prison.
Prisons all over the world that have once operated as real jails, are now reopened to function as tourist attractions, museums and hostels. Spooky tours are organized at night, and you can even choose to sleep there as well.
Here are some famous ‘prison’ destinations:
Alcatraz in San Francisco is one of the most famous prisons in the world as it has a reputation for being impossible to escape. It is located on an island in the San Francisco Bay, and is …
I recently saw Into the Wild, a 2007 true-story movie directed by Sean Penn with Emilie Hirsch starring.
Now, I’m not going to summarize the movie – you really need to see it for yourselves – but I have few thoughts I’d like to jot down because, believe me, this movie does wake you up from the routine and makes you question the true meaning of everything you do.
So, what would happen if you just give all your money to charity, quit your job, destroy all your credit/debit cards, the social security number, the cell phone, and hit the road?
Imagine your only …
