It is becoming increasingly popular to have a year off between finishing school and going to university. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this?

It has become a trend for

students

to prefer to have a

one

year

break between high

school

and tertiary

education

. The advantages of

this

are

firstly

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, It is considered

as

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a chance for

students

to decide what career they will choose, and

secondly

, working

in

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this

year

will give them the opportunity to save some

money

to continue their

education

.

However

, the drawbacks of

this

are losing the interest to continue studying

,

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and may

stuck

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in casual work their whole life. The

first

merit of

this

is to choose what subjects they will study. During high

school

,

students

are overwhelmed with their studying of different subjects and are not able to choose what kind of tertiary

education

they will study.

As a result

of

this

, it is a good opportunity to have a

one

year

break to think about the career they would like to have. The

second

advantage is to gain some cash to cover some of their expenses during

university

studying.

In other words

, because

university

education

is not free,

students

have to have some

money

to spend during

this

period.

For instance

, the majority of

university

degrees in Canada require quite a lot of

money

.

On the other hand

, losing interest in continuing

education

is

one

of the most important drawbacks. If high

school

graduates left

education

for a

year

, they might leave

education

for good.

This

means that they get used to

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every day, which might lead them to prefer working

instead

of going back to

school

.

Moreover

,

students

may like their job and prefer not to leave it, which means that they would continue their lives and make a family with these minimum wages.

For example

, there was a study conducted at Queen's

University

that showed that most of the

students

who have taken a

one

year

vacation have never gone back to

school

. In conclusion, the main merits of having a

one

year

off after high

school

are choosing their career and saving some

money

for tertiary

education

. The disadvantages of

this

are staying

this

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kind of

low income

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job and do not like to go back for higher

education