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?

Taking a

gap

year

is becoming an increasingly prevalent trend, especially in western countries, like the US and Britain. Some claim that

this

would be beneficial for the

gap

year

takers while others regard it as a waste of

time

. I would argue that taking a

gap

year

would be a waste of

time

because it scarcely pays off, no matter in what ways it is planned. For the majority of students, they would not devote the one

year

gap

time

into fruitful or rewarding activities. One of my friends spent his

gap

year

into nothing, but hanging out with friends, playing video games, and watching YouTube. At the age of 18, people may not mature or sensible enough to have effective

time

-management and to create a comprehensive plan for their lifelong career.

Consequently

, the students would find the

gap

year

is highly likely to be easy and fun,

instead

of conducive for their career planning or personal enhancement. In a word, the

gap

year which

Accept comma addition

year, which

should have been filled with internships and volunteer work turns out to be occupied with useless activities For minority farsighted and mature students, a

gap

year

seems to have certain validity at

first

glance as it could provide them with a meaningful experience, fostering their workplace interpersonal skills.

However

, the jobs accessible and available for high school graduates are more or less offered by Starbucks, KFC, or McDonald's.

For example

, on job-seeking web pages, the jobs that do not require a bachelor's degree are mainly waiters in cafes or security in shopping malls. Unlike other higher-leveled occupations, these jobs do not need professionalism nor theoretical knowledge.

Therefore

, spending a

year

on these jobs seems not to have any favourable effects on a personal level. To conclude, even for those rational and industrious students, a

gap

year

can be futile, let alone those irrational and lazy ones. What a

gap

year

could provide to students is either instant relaxation or dispensable working experience, if the meagre salary is not counted.

As a result

, I reckon taking a

gap

year

at

such

a golden age is a waste of

time

.