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?

Nowadays, education has an important role in our lives and many students, as well as their parents believe that it is necessary to get an education as soon as possible and

then

get to

work

and

to begin

an adult life. Certainly, there is another group of students who considers that it is necessary to have some time before entering

university

for travel or

work

experience. In my opinion, the choice of a future profession and enrolment to the

university

is a very significant step and I am rather inclined to agree with

this

opinion that

this

gap is quite useful for the future of students. One of the most important features for

this

interim year is to spend it quite productively. I am familiar with several examples from real life, when people decided to take an annual break, found some temporary part-time jobs and eventually did not return to any serious

work

. Another example is that not having the opportunity to be left alone with their thoughts, following some advice of their relatives, students make the wrong choice and

as a

result they

Accept comma addition

result, they

will totally change their kind of activities or continue to

work

on their unloved job for the rest of their lives.

Additionally

, I would like to stress that in some countries,

for instance

in Russia, boys after they have graduated school have a military duty and former (recent?)

scholarship

Suggestion

Scholarship

.

are

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Are

faced with a serious choice - whether they will go to

university

or to serve in the army.

Therefore

, many people simply aspire to enter any

university

regardless of their interests in order to postpone

this

process. To conclude, I would like to point out that

in

Suggestion

on

this

issue everything depends on the student’s personality – in case if they are going to spend

this

time wisely and find answers to their questions, they definitely should get

this

year.

However

, if

this

solution just an attempt to postpone the beginning of adulthood,

then

I do not think that

this

is a good decision and it is able to lead to the positive consequences.