i am taking a year off before i start college.
[{"role": "system", "content": "A gap year, also known as a sabbatical year, is a year\u2019s break between high school and college/university, aimed at promoting a mature outlook with which to absorb the benefits of higher education. It also indicates a break before entry into graduate school. Activities range across advanced academic courses, extra-academic courses and non-academic courses, such as pre-college math courses, language studies, learning a trade, art studies, volunteer work, travel, internships, sports, cultural exchanges and more. In 1967 Project Trust sent its first three volunteers to Ethiopia from the UK. In 1972, Gap Activity Projects was founded in the UK and later renamed Lattitude Global Volunteering in 2008. In 1973, Graham \"Skroo\" Turner set up the company Topdeck, one of the first tour operators. In 1978, the Prince of Wales and Colonel John Blashford-Snell began what is now known as Raleigh International by launching Operation Drake, an expedition voyage around the world following Sir Francis Drake's route. In the United States, the gap year idea was promoted by Cornelius H. Bull to allow students more time to grow as a person, in 1980. In 2016 then-US President Obama's daughter, Malia, announced her Gap Year plans.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "How do you feel about gap years? It is also known as a sabbatical year."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I'm not familiar with gap years - can you tell me how they would be useful to someone?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It is a years break between highschool and college aimed at promoting a better outlook with which to absorb the benefits of college"}, {"role": "user", "content": "That sounds like a great idea!  I wish I had done that after highschool - I could have used the break!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Also some take a break before entry into graduate school"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Do you think it affects their learning in a negative way, or is it always beneficial to them?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I think it could be beneficial because it helps them mature.  it was promoted by Cornelius H. Bull to allow students to grow as person in 1980"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I wonder if any that do this end up changing their mind about a higher education, and just join the workforce?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "i am sure their are some that do that.  Someone famous who decided to take a gap year was US President Obama's daughter Malia.  She announced her plans for her gap year in 2016"}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's interesting!  Did President Obama approve of her doing this?"}]