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 decided to do this.

Many people around the globe believe that

one

must

work

before proceeding to go for higher education. That notion,

however

, depends on which areas of life

one

considers being vital and requires

first

priority.

This

essay will consider both sides of the argument. Two reasons are behind the idea of supporting

one

to

work

before getting into

university

. The advantages of working before starting

university

include the following reasons.

Firstly

, it is believed that

this

enables

one

to earn some money that can be used to pay for the tuition fees and other

university

-related expenses later.

For example

, when an individual has a means of income before being enrolled in

university

,

this

will accord his means to pay for all the needed college or

university

expenses by himself even if the family can not assist him.

Secondly

, when a

person

decides to

work

before studying at the

university

, he is allocated sufficient time to undergo some form of maturity required to survive

university

life. To illustrate, following a survey conducted by the Royal

University

in Zambia on the importance of maturity while at the

university

, it was determined that a

person

who allows a year in between

university

life and

work

performs well academically. In spite of these benefits, there are two primary disadvantages that result.

Firstly

, if a

person

decides to

work

before getting into college, it hinders him from achieving his goal in the stipulated time frame. Take,

for instance

, if a

person

planned on pursuing Nursing as a career but decides to postpone it for a year, he will not complete the course at the same time as he would have if he started immediately.

Finally

, a delay in going for higher learning results in poor academic performance.

For instance

, a

person

who has just completed secondary education is still able to easily continue progressing well at the

university

unlike

one

who has delayed doing so. In conclusion, there are both benefits and undesirable sides to

this

matter. But whichever way a

person

decides to take, it is entirely up to him so long he considers either side

critially

Correct your spelling

critically

.