Some students take a year off between school and university, to work or to travel. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

Some students take a rest for

one

year

and do the

work

or journey before they matriculate due to some merits, whereas others do not do so because of some demerits. I would argue that the advantages of the

gap

year

to do

work

or travel overweigh its disadvantages. On the negative side,

one

gap

year

of entering universities has some disadvantages.

To begin

with, the delaying matriculation for

one

year

leads

one

year

lateness for graduation, and it affects student’s

job

haunting badly.

For example

, in Japan, the almost all students graduate from their universities when they are 22 years old, and

then

they start working for companies in the same age.

Thus

, if students have

one

gap

year

to do

work

or something, they have

to begin

their

job

hunting when they are 23 years old, and they unfortunately are likely to have difficulty in getting their own jobs. On the positive side,

this

rest time for

one

year

between a high school and university to do travel or

work

has advantages over disadvantages.

First

of all,

one

significant merit to do so is that students can understand their curiosities and necessary skills for a

job

.

For instance

, if they have an internship for a

year

, they can know about required skills for the

job

and they are able to take appropriate courses to get needed skill sets for their ideal

work

. For another example, if students take trip for

one

year

, they possibly understand what they really want to do in their future in the way of the travel. In conclusion, I personally find that the benefits of a

gap

year

before entering universities is outweighed by its drawbacks.

One

year

delay to matriculate may affect their success in their

job

huntings negatively.

However

, a

gap

year

lets students understand their interest and

this

leads them to get appropriate jobs.