The following post was written by Gap Year Fellow Shelby Watson. During the two-week Global Gap Year Summer Institute I don’t remember any former gappers talking about bad days. Of course they told us funny anecdotes about falling off motorcycles … Read more

The following post was written by Gap Year Fellow Shelby Watson. I can still remember the smell of my kindergarten classroom. I associated that smell with fear and missing my “mommy.” Every once in a while, I will get a … Read more

The following post was written by Gap Year Fellow Shelby Watson. “What’s your name?” “Who’s that?” “Can I play with your hair?” “Will you chase me?” “Can you push me on the swing?” As I walked through the gate of … Read more

The following post was written by Gap Year Fellow Shelby Watson . “I expect you to go to high school, graduate, and go to college.” This is what I have been told that I would do my entire life – no … Read more