1. What is a gap year according to the article?, 2. What are two common activities that students do during their gap year?, 3. Besides having fun, what other important benefit can a gap year provide?, 4. Why are more students starting university at the ages of 19 or 20?, 5. Why did Christine decide not to continue her studies immediately after leaving school?, 6. What important lesson did Christine learn after working for some time?, 7. Why did Christine choose to volunteer in Mexico?, 8. How did volunteering change Christine's confidence?, 9. In what ways did Christine help the children's home in Mexico?, 10. How did Christine's experience influence her future education and career plans?, 11. Why did Agnes choose to volunteer in the UK?, 12. What did Agnes realise about volunteer programmes like ICYE?, 13. Why would Agnes probably not have had the chance to work with elderly people in Uganda?, 14. What does Agnes want to do when she returns home?, 15. What is the main message of the article about taking a gap year?, A gap year can help students decide what they want to study. prove it, Christine became more confident after volunteering. prove it, Volunteering benefited both Christine and the children. prove it, Agnes used her experience to plan her future. prove it, A gap year is becoming more popular. prove it, Would you ever take a gap year? Why or why not?, Which experience was more inspiring: Christine's or Agnes's? Explain., Do you think volunteering teaches things that school cannot? Give examples., If you had one year before university, how would you spend it?, What skills can people develop through volunteering abroad?

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