It is becoming increasingly popular to have a year off between finishing school and going to university. What are the advantages and disadvantages?

Before joining higher education, most students today opt for a gap

year

to experience and challenge themselves in new environments. Given the fact that

this

trend has numerous benefits, I claim that it

also

has drawbacks.

First

of all, it is beneficial for students, especially those who get struggle to choose their

favorite

something regarded with special favor or liking

favourite

fields, to have a sabbatical

year

since they need to attend clubs, work full-time, travel, volunteer or do something they are bad

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as

to get better. Thereby, students will gain necessary skills and gradually discover their talents and subjects they are interested during the

year

meeting people, going various places and accomplishing tasks under pressure.

As a result

, by the time they finish

this

, they will have found what they actually like and know how to use skills

into

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in

reality.

Second

of all, they can earn money from selling goods online, working at a coffee shop or teaching

kids which

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kids, which

makes it easier for them to get into university as their salary can be utilized to pay for tuition fees.

Therefore

,

this

is

such

a distinct advantage for poor

students which

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students, which

helps them to escape from bad financial statuses.

Otherwise

, a

year

off

stands

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the stands

to spoil one’s life. As people have to get involved with practical works, they will forget indispensable academic knowledge learnt in schools.

Hence

people have to study everything again to pass entrance exams which

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take

time to review. Another noticeable point is that they tend to be on their

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own, which

, sometimes, is the cause of loneliness, depression and sadness because they do not have anyone to confide to when they have problems.

For instance

, my cousin had worked for a Japanese within one

year

before attending

further

education years ago. She had so many difficulties there, from being underrated, overlooked for a

manager

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managerial

position to having valuables stolen at home. It was demanding for her to overcome the problems herself without anybody’s help that she was upset for a long time. To conclude,

this

tendency includes all pros and cons. Individuals will have necessity for academic life and solve financial problems.

However

, they will have to revise time-consuming theories and suffer from many troubles.