Word: melvoin
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...Angeles native Charles R. Melvoin ’10 spent his gap year visiting 22 developing nations in Africa, Asia, South America, and the South Pacific. He kept records of his travels on his Web site, www.whereischarlie.com...
...Melvoin says he felt burnt out by high school, and once he came up with the idea of spending a year abroad, he worked with Rustic Pathways—a company that sponsored an earlier trip he took—to plan his nine-month expedition...
...There is a great Mark Twain quote—‘I never let schooling get in the way of my education.’ There’s more you can learn besides what is in the classroom,” Melvoin says. “Even from traveling in the summer—I liked the person I was when I came back, it gave me perspective that complemented what I was learning in the classroom...
...Melvoin embarked on his trip—equipped with a bulging backpack, visas, and tickets for only the first month of the trip—during the summer before most of his other classmates went off to college...
...Melvoin, who is also a Crimson magazine writer, said there was no downside to taking a year off, given that both his parents and the Harvard admissions office supported his decision...