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

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Education in any
level
 demands commitment and hard
work
, especially at
university
level
. A
lot
 of students struggle to be successful at
this
level
 and few students take a
year
 break to study and
work
 or travel. They argue that before finishing the education
this
 leads them to explore themselves and
world
Suggestion
the world
. Some people argue that taking a
year
 off is not good for their educational career and I don't agree with them and I will explain why in
this
 essay with some examples. We need some experience in our lives either it may be at
work
 or in dealing with
world
Suggestion
a world
 before facing it.
This
 will comes from working at
university
level
 or travelling. We can do them at the time of our lives, but few students take a
year
 off to their school or
university
 to do it. It gives them a chance to explore their strengths and weaknesses. They face the
world
 in real time. It's
also
 a good chance for them to escape from the stress and think
inovatively
. I met a guy in flight, who is a
university
 student, took a
year
 break in his studies. He said he worked for 6 months, earned enough money to travel and started exploring different countries and cultures. By the time we met, he travelled three countries and flying to
last
 country in his bucket list. He stated that
this
 experience changed him a
lot
. Exploring different cultures made to explore himself and it gave him a
lot
 of confidence that he can handle any type of situation. I felt so happy about him. Some people argue that taking
year
Suggestion
a year
 off is not that good for your career, they think that
this
 can disconnect you with the subjects you learned so far which leads to poor performance in the coming semesters.
This
 is not completely true and
also
 completely false. Taking a
year
 gap in your education may be makes to forget the subjects or changes your understanding towards the subject, but
this
 happens very rarely. Students without commitments may face it, but those types of students never dare to take a
year
 off because of the fear. Few claim that taking a
year
 off may be pushes you back in
this
 competitive
world
 and that's not true, because if you have talent it is easy to prove yourself anywhere at anytime. To conclude, there are a
lot
 of advantages of taking a
year
 off from school to
work
 or travel, but one should know how to balance it with the education.
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