Deciding career pathways and academic pathways immediately after graduating from high school is a controversial topic in society. Many people hold the opinion that enrolling on further education has many benefits. Others, however, believe that there are many more drawbacks to becoming undergraduate students. Whilst, entering an educational institution soon after year 12 is advantageous in a few aspects, I agree that there are much more positivities of taking gap years for travelling and working because of opportunities to gain life experience and to earn their living.