In some time countries young people are encouraged to work or travel for a year between finishing high school and starting university studies. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages for young people who decide to do this.

Usually finishing high school represent an important moment in our
life
because is the time when you decide
who
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you wanna become, what path you want to take , where you wanna go, and most of that decisions are influenced by our beliefs, family and society´s norms.
That is
why in some countries, as the argument mention, young people are encouraged to
work
or
travel
for a
year
before they start their
university
´s studies. I believe is important to understand all the
arists
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artists
of taking
this
advice.
First
of all, if someone
decide
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to take a
year
gap
because he or she doesn´t know which career to choose. It will be a great decision to
travel
, because you will have the opportunity to learn about different cultures, expanding your view of the world, and in that journey
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you could probably find yourself and your propose of living and choose a wise decision regarding their career. Another good point is that if you take a
year
to
work
because you do not have the money to
travel
, it could be a great
opportunitie
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opportunity
for saving money and start
university
with
less
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worries about your economic future,
also
you could probably treat yourself to a nice restaurant with tasty foods, new gadgets, etc.
On the other hand
, if you take a
year
,in a sense, you will "lose" time because people who decide to start
right
away will finish
university
earlier and place themselves in the
work
environment than a person who took a
year
gap
.
Also
, start the
university
right
after finishing high school could make the process of learning easier because you´ll adapt to the
rythm
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rhythm
of study faster than the others. Another point is that in an ideal situation if the person
manage
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to catch a job
right
after finishing
university
and continue to
work
for 20 years more they will end working one
year
earlier than the other human who
decide
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to take a
year
gap
. To summarize, studying
right
afert
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after
high school could have their great points like finishing
university
earlier and place yourself at
work
younger than the others.
However
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taking a
year
gap
to
work
or
travel
could be a great idea to find your real propose in
life
if you do not what to do with your
life
or saving extra money to buy fancy stuff. I believe that in the end
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the
decission
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decision
of taking a
year
gap
of not will depend
of
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your needs , personally
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I think that
travel
to find what you really want to do with your
life
is the best
decission
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decision
.
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