After completing High School and before going to college or university, some students take a year of either for work or travel. What do you think is better traveling or working? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches.

Some

students

after completing their secondary schools take

one

year break from the

studies

because they want to do some work or to travel somewhere.

Although

both the approaches have merits and demerits, I believe that

instead

of working in

this

tenure, travelling is better for their personal development.

Firstly

, the utmost advantage of working for a short

time

frame after completion of their early

studies

is they have a clear idea of what is trending in the market.

Consequently

, it would help them in selecting their higher

studies

at the College or University.

Secondly

, they gain some market

experience

.

This

experience

would help them in their future

studies

because they can easily relate

this

practical

experience

with the theoretical aspect of their

studies

.

For instance

, according to the report published by the New York Times, 70% of the

students

who opted for short-

time

work

experience

after their initial

studies

are more successful in their career compared to others. There are

also

some drawbacks to

this

approach. Due to inadequate education, sometimes

students

could not get a good job and

this

tends them to select an inappropriate career path.

Moreover

, another disadvantage of

this

approach is after working for a year, some people change their plan of study and decided to continue their current job.

On the other hand

,

one

benefit which the

students

would get from travelling in

this

time

frame is getting relaxed. After spending more than 10 years in the

studies

,

one

needs some

time

to ease and fresh their thoughts and enjoy

this

movement before getting dive into the

second

phase of

studies

.

Moreover

, travelling

students

are getting a decent knowledge of what is going around the world. They could meet with

students

and professionals around the world, and see what the rest of the world is doing.

This

will help them in deciding their future career. The demerit of

this

approach is

students

waste their

time

, and their class-fellows would be ahead of them in the

studies

.

Also

, they could not justify

this

one

-year gap in their CV. To conclude, I would like to reinstate that there are both benefits and the drawbacks of working or travelling after secondary schools and

one

cannot overtake the others.