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From Frank Reed:
"Even today, I meet Europeans who are amazed that Americans in this century can
change jobs, career paths, etc. so easily without regard to established patterns
and educational prerequisites?"

So true (mentally replacing 'Americans' with 'Australians'). In this country we
have what is fast becoming a tradition of 'gap year(s)' where young people who
have just finished 12 years of school are not discouraged from taking one or
more years off before beginning tertiary studies to go and do something vaguely
adventurous - like going sailing, for example (the navigational content here).

The idea exists in the UK - Prince William was out here last year galloping
about on horses and whatnot - but in France, for example, the very idea is seen
as educational heresy, and likely to lead to permanently missing out on a place
at university. I guess the idea is the modern day equivalent of what Dana did.

   

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