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?

It is becoming an increasingly prevalent trend for students, especially in western countries

such

Linking Words

as the US and Britain to take a

gap

Use synonyms

year

Use synonyms

. Some claim that taking a

year

Use synonyms

off would be beneficial while others regard it as a waste of

time

Use synonyms

. I would argue that taking a

gap

Use synonyms

year

Use synonyms

would be wasteful because students do not take

this

Linking Words

time

Use synonyms

seriously and the

time

Use synonyms

off rarely leads to fruitful employment that advances students’ careers. The majority of students would not devote the

gap

Use synonyms

year

Use synonyms

for fruitful or rewarding activities.

For example

Linking Words

, one of my friends spent his

gap

Use synonyms

year

Use synonyms

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

time

Use synonyms

-management and to create a comprehensive plan for their lifelong

career

Use synonyms

.

Consequently

Linking Words

, the students would find the

gap

Use synonyms

year

Use synonyms

is highly likely to be easy and fun,

instead

Linking Words

of conducive for their

career

Use synonyms

planning or personal enhancement. In a word, the

gap

Use synonyms

Use synonyms

year which

Accept comma addition

year, which

should have been filled with internships and volunteer work turns out to be occupied with useless activities. At a

first

Linking Words

glance, a

gap

Use synonyms

year

Use synonyms

seems to have certain validity as it could provide farsighted and mature students with a meaningful experience, fostering their workplace interpersonal skills.

However

Linking Words

, every decent job requires at least a bachelor’s degree, whereas the jobs that tend to be available for high school graduates are not helpful to a student’s

career

Use synonyms

progress.

For example

Linking Words

, many of my friends who took a

year

Use synonyms

off before starting university worked at Starbucks, KFC, or McDonald's. Unlike other higher-level occupations,

such

Linking Words

jobs do not enhance professionalism or make use of theoretical knowledge. In fact, every decent job requires a bachelor’s degree.

Therefore

Linking Words

, spending a

year

Use synonyms

on less technical jobs does not appear to have any favourable professional outcome and

also

Linking Words

delays one’s

career

Use synonyms

progress. To conclude, even for those rational and industrious students, a

gap

Use synonyms

year

Use synonyms

can be futile and counterproductive. What a

gap

Use synonyms

year

Use synonyms

could provide students is either instant relaxation or a dispensable work experience with a meagre salary.

As a result

Linking Words

, I would argue taking a

gap

Use synonyms

year

Use synonyms

at

such

Linking Words

a golden age is a waste of

time

Use synonyms

.