A gap year is a year that you take free, normaly before going to university. You can be a year out travelling, working, relaxing...
On the one hand, I think that doing a gap year is a very good idea if you work ar travel to diferent places, it can give you more experience of life and you will become more mature.
If you use this year to learn, it would be a very good thing so if you go to the university you can look after your self alone.
On the other hand, if you don't do anything it would be a bad idea doing a gap year. You wouldn't be more mature and you won't buck up ideas.
In conclusion I will recomend to do a gap year only to the people that think about doing something and take advantage frome it.
