In some 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 decided to do this.

In many countries, nowadays, youngsters are inspired to involve in jobs or to explore the world for at least

one

year between their secondary

level

and tertiary

level

. Even though travelling or working during the

study

period is considered to be useful, it can be detrimental

also

.

Firstly

,

this

essay will discuss the practical experience gained from doing a

job

or exploring places as

one

of the primary advantages and

secondly

, will discuss the negative impact on the

study

as

one

of the main disadvantages. On the

one

hand,

one

of the evident advantages of doing work or visiting spectacular places between the gap of high

school

and the

university

is the gaining of real-

life

experience.

In other words

, when young generations will involve in workplaces or visit many places, they will be able to know the real scenarios of

life

, which is much more difficult than student

life

.

As a result

, they will be motivated to

study

well at the

university

level

so that they can achieve good results and manage a well-paid

job

.

This

can be illustrated by the fact that 90% of the UK students, who worked between their secondary and tertiary

level

and experienced that without having good scored it is difficult to compete in the

job

market, achieved 80% marks in all subjects at the

university

level

.

On the other hand

, the possible disadvantage if travelling and working between finishing high

school

and starting

university

is that there is a chance of not returning into the

study

life

.

This

is because when adolescents start to earn income and learn to lead their

life

independently, they lose their interest

to begin

the

study

life

again. As a consequence, they cannot earn a

university

degree, which is inevitable to get a top-

level

job

in

this

contemporary world.

For instance

, an empirical

study

conducted by Cambridge

University

in 2009 found that every year 10% of the UK high

school

students do not start their higher education because they are more interested to do jobs, whatever the amount of salary is. In conclusion,

although

working and travelling between the high

school

and

university

life

can bring benefit to students by giving experience about

life

, it can

also

lead to the end of

study

life

, which is seriously a downside.