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After graduation many students take a year to travel. Some think that it would be more useful to work for a year. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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It is a popular trend when young people prefer to have a gap
year
 after their graduation and spend it on
traveling
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 or working.
Although
 I support the idea of visiting different places during a free
year
, I think that sometimes working can be more useful. On the one hand, every person needs sometimes some time to clear their mind, and
traveling
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 is a golden solution to do
this
. Taking a trip helps students set aside future worries, and that will help them to understand what they really want in their lives. A good example of
this
 is the brother of a friend of mine. He had
such
 an opportunity and after that, he decided to not get any high education at all. Fortunately, he hasn't any regrets.
On the other hand
, to earn some money and get useful
experience
 by working can be more productive for making an important decision about the future. If some person gets outside comfort zone, it shows to
this
 person how exactly
this
 world works.
As a result
, it will make a future choosing a profession more reasonable.
In addition
, in
such
 a country as Belarus, only rich people can afford to travel during a gap
year
, so working is a good choice to get a real
experience
. Look at me,
for instance
. I had
such
 an
experience
. I worked as an assistant of an economist in a small company, and it helped me to get my profession. I studied the economy at university. To conclude, despite the fact that I agree with the idea that
traveling
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 is a magnificent choice to spend a free
year
 after
a
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graduation, I assume that in some cases a real work can give to young people more
experience
 and ideas.
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