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Ask Amy: Crumpled friendship could be smoothed out

By Amy Dickinson, Tribune Content Agency on

Dear Confused: I like the idea of delaying college by a year, especially for younger students. (I started college at 17, and often wish I had waited).

I don’t love the term “gap year,” however, because it implies that taking a year between high school and college should be seen as a “gap,” or a void of some kind.

Maybe we should call this a “goal year” or a “grow year.”

I think it’s a great idea, especially now, to consider taking a year to work part time and have some mini-adventures (if your folks are willing to have you at home). Taking classes at your local community college will help you to zero in on possible courses of study.

Dear Amy: I appreciated your response to “No Words.” This was a woman who discovered that she was mistaken about the identity of the man she thought had fathered her child.

I agreed with you when you cut through the complications, and said that she had “done a lot of things right.”

 

— Once a Teen Mom

Dear Mom: I was impressed by this woman’s total honesty regarding her challenging history.

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(You can email Amy Dickinson at askamy@amydickinson.com or send a letter to Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068. You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or Facebook.)


 

 

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