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Alisha Dhakal
Joul Smith
ENGL 1302
10/9/2014

"American Gap Association." Gap Year Data. N.p., 08 Nov. 2013. Web. 09 Oct. 2014.
This paper/article? provides is a collection of charts and datas also providing illustrating the
benefits of the gap year. It was is written and published by the American Gap Association. This is
a credible source because this been working with gaper since 1996 and progressively working
towards improving the possibilities of gaper and their choices. This is a credible source because
this association has been working progressively with gapers since 1996 towards improving the
possibilities with gaper and their choices. This information is provided on the website for anyone
who is interested on these issues. the issue to view. This particular article was revised on in 2011
so we can safely assume that it presents the most recent datas and chart for its audience.
It The article/paper? provides a bar table where it clearly shows the average over/under
performance of GAP for gap year students against verse average over/under performance of
students who did not take a gap year. This is a concrete clear cut evidence which will be very
useful for me to use on my mapping the issue paper to hold up one of the supporting side. This is
act as my ally being one of the strongest evidence. This will act as my strongest evidence.

Baker, Celia R. "How Taking a 'gap Year' between High School and College Can Improve Your
Life." Deseret News National. N.p., 4 Nov. 2013. Web. 08 Oct. 2014.
This article is written by Celia Baker, a journalist and who has published several articles about
life experience and importance of traveling. The articles published on Desert News National are
only published after extensive a lot of research and revision revising sources. Celia is credible to
write this article because she shares her own life experience and also she mentions at the end of
the article bottom that she collected her sources from other credible publishers like the
Washington Post. This article is posted for everyone to read which is why it is simple to follow
with important information. It was is published in on November 2013, through this we can which
allows us to safely assume that it is very quiet recent and reflects the current demands and issues.
This article provides step by step information on how one can improve something through this
gap years. It also provides surveys, datas, and charts showing the peoples responses, either
positive or negative, on the impact of through gap year. It also gives accurate percentages among

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the people who took the of surveyed people that thought that gap year made them more serious
towards their studies also the percent of as well as people who actually went back to college. I
can use this information as one of the evidence to contrast the people who were successful or
people who were not successful through this process.

Berth, Marry R. "Gap Years: Pros and Cons." Bright Side Bright Knowledge. N.p., 07 Sept.
2014. Web. 09 Oct. 2014.
This article was written by Berth, a writer who has published several articles in different website
regarding the student life and associated issues. The publisher of this article is Bright Side Bright
Knowledge which is a website that focuses on the providing essential guide to the a perfect
career, educational and student life. This article is posted put on the website for public everybody
to view and take a position since it provides both sides of the coin. Since it was published
recently we can safely assume that it provides current information and concerns towards this
issue.
In this article, Marry provides pros of gap year such as learning new skills, improving confidence
etc while also providing cons such as you might be left behind from your peers, or one can forget
a lot within a year, they might not get as much help from their guidance councilor as they would
from high school. I am planning to use the cons that are provided in this source for my mapping
the issue paper to present from the other side of this issue since we need to take three sides on the
topic.

Fitzsimmons, William. "Considering a Gap Year." Home at Harvard. Harvard.edu, 04 Mar. 2011.
Web. 08 Oct. 2014.
This is an article by William Fitzsimmons, a Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at
Harvard College. It was published on 2011 on the Website of Harvard College. Fitzsimmons is
credible because he is well experienced when it comes to student life and how they function
because he has been a college dean for many years dealing with students problem and their
issues. The publisher of this article, Harvard.edu is a very reputed website and it has earned its
respect through consistent towards providing excellence information towards its audience. Since
it was posted on the college website it was mainly put out for first time college student. Since it
was posted a year ago we can assume it portrays the current values and vision of the student that
has been represented through this article.
In this article William provides step by step process of how to become successful by taking a
year off. It also provides us with some situation where the student might get side tracked and
how to hold ourselves up while in those difficult situations. This is a very helpful information

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which I will be using as my ally on my mapping the issue paper providing his steps towards the
successful future through gap year.

Heath, Sue. "Widening The Gap: PreUniversity Gap Years And The Economy Of
Experience." British Journal Of Sociology Of Education 28.1 (2007): 89-103. Academic Search
Complete. Web. 9 Oct. 2014.
This article was written by Heath Sue and published by British Journal Of Sociology Of
Education, a book related to the sociology of education. Sue is credible because he has gained his
masters from this field of education and currently a university professor at Manchester. This
book is published through the university after being well researched about the topic with various
datas and charts. This book is available to all the college students and anybody who is interested
towards the improvement of awareness of this issue. This article was published in jan 2007
which shows that majority of the students including the educators were concerned about this
issue from a long time till this time of period.
He shows the increasing participation of students in taking a year of before through a datas that
he collected. He talks in more depth about how it is gaining popularity among our American
students abut still not enough that our society is fully accepting this concept. It also explains
more about different kinds of students, type where they are using their gap year effectively with a
plan and a set goal in mid verses other type of student who were side tracked due to no guidance
and complexity of their life in the real world. I plan to use this source as my background
information to shape my mapping the issue paper from both the positive and the negative side
since it provides enough evidence to compare the two possibilities of a gap year.

Krogstad, Jens Manuel. "Gap Year Gains Make College Education worth the Wait." USA Today.
Gannett, 08 May 2013. Web. 10 Oct. 2014.
This article was written by Jens Manuel. He is a writer and editor for several publications. This
article was published on may 2013 by USA Today, a website who is trusted to give the accurate
and revised information on article it published since 1995. He is credible because he has also
provided all the sources he gathered to create this article from which we can conclude that he did
his full share of research. It is intended towards the general public specially the parents of the
high school graduates informing them about the pros of a gap year. Since it was published a year
ago we can assume the information provided is accurate and relevant.
In this article he explains that Students who take a year off to travel overseas can be better
students for the experience. They gain cultural concept and acquire an open mind. They will
become culturally aware and be open to accepting changes and challenges coming towards their

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society. They will clearly understand the meaning of real world. I am planning to use his concept
of how it opens students mind towards the broad picture where every race culture and religion is
included. I will take this as my ally to include that it is also important to understand and accept
other culture and religion which they will gain through travelling or volunteering in different
organization within their gap year.

KROGSTAD, JENS MANUEL. "High School Grads Mull 'Gap Year' Before
College." Community College Week 25.21 (2013): 9.Academic Search Complete. Web. 9 Oct.
2014.

This is an article written by KROGSTAD, JENS MANUEL, a writer and editor for different
newsletters and organizations. This article was published by community college week, a weekly
college newspaper who addresses the real problems and real issues of the community. Jens
Manuel is credible because he has written many articles in the news paper addressing
communities issue. This news paper is followed by our local community people and college
students since it mainly presents college students issues and news. Since this article was
published just last year we can say that it represent the current issue and concern towards this
topic.
In this article it concentrate on how it is normal in other countries to take a year gap in students
life. It is taking as a positive time gap to improve ones confidence and potential and for their
personal development. It shows how other countries that have embraced this concept and are
moving forward and actually resulting in higher college graduates. I am planning to use this
source for my research position paper as a comparison of American gapers to other countries and
how it is embraced by their society.

OSTLUND, LORI. "The Gap Year." Southern Review 49.4 (2013): 580-600. Academic Search
Complete. Web. 8 Oct. 2014.
This short story journal was written by Lori OSTLUND and published on The southern
review, September 1, 2013. They focus on only publishing outstanding journal. New York
Times has considered it "superior to any other journal in the English language". Lori graduated
from Minnesota State University, Moorhead and from the University of New Mexico with an
M.A now she works as a short story writer. She is credible because she has years of experience
writing about the life and putting clear picture of a situation into words. She has also won several
awards one of them was Flannery O'Connor Award. This story can be considered as one

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important asset because it was published a year ago that embody present thinking of the demand
that writer has presented.
This article addresses a story of few high school teenagers and their choices towards their career
dealing with their current situation. She present two different situation where Darrin a high
school junior chooses to take a gap year before college to explore the world and Beth who is a
high school senior is not happy with her cousins decision simply because she doesnt understand
the real purpose of a gap year. Where Darrin successfully fulfills his plan and goes back to
college, Beth ends up taking a gap year as well but with no plan and fail to achieve success as
her cousin. This show that how important it is to fully understand its purpose and meaning and
that we should all be well informed about this idea and pros and cons of its outcome. I will use
this as one of the source on my mapping the issue paper as an opponent showing the example of
Beth on how the idea of a gap year might back fire if one fully doesnt understand its purpose.

PITSKER, KAITLIN. "More Schools Pay For Gap Years." Kiplinger's Personal Finance 88.9
(2014): 15. Academic Search Complete. Web. 9 Oct. 2014.
This is an article report written by Kaitlin Pitsker. She is a writer and editor of Kiplinger's
Personal Finance, a publisher that publishes mainly the factor that affects the finance and
economy. It is usually followed by big finance companies to be informed about the factors
affecting economy. Kaitlin Pitsker is credible because she is a professional writer for different
publication. Since this is published this year (2014) we can assume that the data and information
provided here are very accurate and to the point in context of the time.
It provides reader with helpful information on this concept of gar year affecting the finance of
different institution. It provides valuable information on how even the universities these days are
supporting the gapers through different year gap programs. They are also providing these
students with grants to encourage them while they are on gap. This can be very useful to defend
my claim on my research position paper against my opponents. I will use the colleges that are
mentioned in this article supporting this issue as my ally in carry my argument.

Wood, Christina. "Should You Take A "Gap Year"?." Careers & Colleges 27.4 (2007): 3637. Academic Search Complete. Web. 8 Oct. 2014.
This news paper article was written by Christina wood, director of career services for Cazenovia
College in Upstate New York. She published this article in September 1, 2007 in a new website
called careerandcollege.com for letting people know about the positive side of a Gap year.
Woods is credible because besides, being a director of career service she is also a freelance
writer; working for different companies and news website at different time. She has published

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numerous articles on the career and personal development. The website Career and college exist
to give people valuable information, tips and suggestion in ways of improving their ability and
potential. It is popular among the college students and some high school graduates because it
mainly focuses on the lifestyle and career development of a college students. Since the article
was published in 2007 we can say that this issue of acceptance of a gap year inside American
homes has been a bit of a struggle even after coming all this way till 2014.
This article addresses different examples of people and their choices of taking a gap year. It goes
into a small part of Andreas life and gives us insight on how she choose to take a job in Mexico
and how taking this gap year and working in another country gave her confidence, made her
realize of her potential and mostly importantly gave her a clear picture of real life and made
capable enough to choose the right path for her career when she came back to college. My plan is
to use this information presented here as an example of a positive outcome of a gap year. I will
use this information as my ally on mapping the issue to show that vital role of gap year in a
persons life.