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.

It is a common belief that young people take a

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off to

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or

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after high school and start tertiary education. The present essay shall attempt to cast light on the benefits and drawbacks of

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approach.

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with, one reason why youngsters gap a

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to

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is advantageous is that they can gain some experience and

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save some money. Students,

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, are able to select a

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and holiday visa in another country like Australia to take a job and

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, they can accumulate life experience and simultaneously have more time to consider their own direction. Another benefit could be that they

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earn money to help pay for education, which is not inexpensive. One downside of

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trend is that employment can deviate younger students from

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studies. Earning money may bring in them the desire to earn only, which would make them lack interest in

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learning. Another drawback is that they may lose interest in their own

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while travelling abroad. The new

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can attract them, thereby they would begin admiring the host country’s

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, as well as stop pursuing their own traditions.

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, research by Oxford University reveals that after switching off a

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in a western country, Asian students begin to praise the

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of the host country and abandon their own

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. To sum up, despite the gap of a

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to

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between high school and university learning has some beneficial outcomes, but hindering them from

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study, as well as stopping appreciating their own traditional values are negative outcomes.