Some people think high school graduates should travel or work for a period instead of going directly to study at university. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Handful
people
consider that young
people
after finishing secondary education must have a
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for
traveling
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travelling
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or trying a new occupation before entering colleges or universities.
This
essay will discuss the
befefits
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benefits
of
this
break and
negative
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the negative
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aspects when graduates do not go directly to study at university. The main advantages when young
people
spend a period for
traveling
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or work are getting their own experience and
independance
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independence
independent
.
In other words
, they can go abroad and meet new
people
in different countries
,
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and rely only on themselves.
For example
, in
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most
of
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families
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kids are grown up where they are dependent on their parents.
However
, when young
people
leave family's house, in order to start living in their own;
hence
, these all help them to be more confident in future.
On the other hand
, the most significant drawback of
this
gap is that they lose interest to get higher education at all.
This
means that when they start earning money they do not see
necessity
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the necessity
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of spending time on study, and some of them consider that education is boring and difficult. There is a current trend that all
yourth
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youth
your
you
want to be bloggers because that
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them more fun than time in college's classes.
For instance
, one of SANP researches has discovered that 55% of graduates after spending a year
on
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traveling
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travelling
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do not want to proceed study and receive any professional skills. In conclusion, period spending on
traveling
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travelling
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or work after school graduation brings some benefits,
although
there are some negative effects. In spite of
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fact that young
people
get some life experience when they travel or earn money, they
also
do not want
developing
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and
getting
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new
proffesional
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professional
skills, because they
beleive
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believe
that time in university does not bring any value to them.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • high school graduates
  • travel
  • work
  • study
  • university
  • advantages
  • disadvantages
  • personal development
  • cultural development
  • practical skills
  • experience
  • independence
  • responsibility
  • career options
  • academic progression
  • financial constraints
  • networking opportunities
  • continuous
  • opportunity to specialize
  • resources
  • guidance
  • lack of
  • pressure
  • stress
  • flexibility
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