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.

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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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