In some countries, young people choose to work or travel for a year between finishing high school and starting university studies. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages for young people who decide to do this. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Opting for a

gap

year

with a view to working or travelling before engaging in tertiary education is a

prevalent

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prevailing

current among young people.

Although

they may end up with having difficulties when returning to universities, they will

also

gain experiences that will be rewarding for them later on in their study. The greatest benefit of having a

year

off before continuing with higher education is that students will have opportunities to acquire knowledge which would have been

otherwise

impossible to gain if they just had gone straight to university. To elucidate, students will ineluctably need to tackle with social problems, which will push them beyond the familiar and into the unknown which can sometimes be awkward and scary,

however

, which will help these students to break the limit of their abilities and have

breakthrough

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a breakthrough

breakthroughs

in their

further

study at universities.

For example

, my sister, who was advised

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to take

a

gap

year

in Italy, used to be a retiring and antisocial, but after her long trip, she has become a confident girl and her relationships have

also

been ameliorated phenomenally. Her work experience was

also

maximally utilized for her major which is engineering. These ultra- challenging experience are undoubtedly the main advantage of a

gap

year

. The main challenge that students may need to face with is the likelihood to be unfamiliar with study environment when coming back

for

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to

tertiary education. Their efficiency may have been progressively aggravated, and

thus

they may feel

challenging

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challenged

to re-adapt to the unprecedented amount of assignments. These can pose massive obstacles for people because it will be a lengthy process to get used to

academic atmosphere

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the academic atmosphere

an academic atmosphere

of universities.

For instance

, after my sister’s

gap

year

in Italy, I took her three months to keep up with the normal speed of the lectures. Having a

gap

year

has become a prevailing

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thought

among young people. Whereas students will no doubt grow up and be a more mature person, they

also

need to keep track of their studying.