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Many students choose to take a gap year before starting university, to travel or gain work experience. Do you think this is a good idea or a waste of time?

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Nowadays students prefer to take a
gap
year
 when they finish the high school. Students think if they take a
gap
year
, they will start
university
 with a fresh mind.
Furthermore
, students take a
gap
year
 to have a long
vocation
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
vacation
.
However
, some students prefer to continue their
study
 to finish the
study
 years faster. In my opinion, students must not take a
gap
year
 because if they will take a
gap
year
 they will feel that it is not necessary to complete the
university
 education.
Firstly
, some students
prefer
Suggestion
prefers
 to complete the
study
 to finish faster because they do not want to feel bored when they go to the
university
.
Moreover
, most of
students
Suggestion
the students
 think that 3
month
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months
 of
vocation
 will be enough to be
relax
Suggestion
relaxed
 from
study
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the study
.
Furthermore
, students are working in the
vocation
 months to get an experience before they start the
university
.
Secondly
, some students prefer to have a
gap
year
 to have more rest
from
Suggestion
of
 the
study
, they think that 3
month
Suggestion
months
 of
vocation
 are not enough for them.
In addition
, some students prefer to work and have experience
first
, after that they will start the
university
 education.
However
, some students take a
gap
year
 and after it
finish they
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finishes, they
finishes they
 feel that it is not necessary to complete the
university
 education or they don’t have money to complete the
study
. In conclusion, while the students are studying they can
also
 work and get some experience. Students must complete the
university
 to get the certificate fast, because it they take a
gap
year
 they will feel that it is not necessary to have a certificate.
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