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 decide to do this.

Taking a gap term before starting college is becoming a common phenomenon amongst today's generation. There is a huge diaspora of people who promote students to take a break after high school and either work or travel during

this

time

. In

this

essay, we would like to consider both the positive and negative points to enable the young generation to make a decision regarding the same. Some graduate like to take up jobs in their preferred field, before starting university which empowers them to understand how the concepts that they are learning are actually applied in real-life scenarios.

This

also

helps them to understand what to expect, once they finish their courses and start their professional life. A huge fraction of undergraduate

also

choose

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to travel during their break, which makes them understand various cultures and learn people skills which will help them in future. Exploring various destinations and cultures stimulates and broadens young minds.

Time

off taken by scholar if used in an inappropriate way can

also

have detrimental effects. For example, some kids who are just partying and simply wasting

time

are losing a year where their classmates have moved a year ahead of them. Some kids have

also

noticed that due to

this

break in their education, they have lost their rhythm of studying and are facing challenges while remembering what they studied a year ago and are unable to connect it to their higher education. To summarize, depending on how

this

time

off is utilized it can have both incremental and detrimental effects. There is no harm in taking some

time

off to understand and plan their field of specialization or career of choice but

this

time

should be well spent.