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After finishing school, some students go travelling or work for a period of time instead of going directly to university. Do you think the advantages of gap years outweigh the disadvantages?

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Few students prefer travelling or obtaining employment for some time rather joining in the college after they complete schooling. I believe that the
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 their
education
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explore the world. The main advantage to take break
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 is that makes young people
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learn many things about the world.
Adoloscents
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Adolescents
 gain enormous knowledge by travelling to different places,
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various cultures and lifestyles. Employment gives
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pportunity to meet new people and expose to different work cultures.
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 prior to
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in
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university makes youngsters
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know more about people and the correct way of treating them.
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, teenagers in America and Australia take
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ew years
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reak to travel or work between their schooling and college to explore the world and learn about humankind. I believe that
this
 encourages young people to learn many new things which are not related to
education
.
Teenager's
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The teenager's
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 taking
education
 gap may distract completely from studies and leads them to score poor grades when they rejoin in the Institution because they get
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uge break in their subject knowledge as travelling attracts them compared to studies.
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, the money they get in their
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 leads to eradicate the interest in
education
 and makes them
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take continuous breaks in academics.
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ecent survey showed that 80
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 of youngsters who took
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ap in their studies got poor marks when they rejoin in their colleges and few people took longer breaks. In conclusion,
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 students
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loose
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 interest in their studies by taking
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reak, they learn many different things which
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 them in career and
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 teenagers should prefer to take
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ap in their studies but for
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imited time.
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