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Taking a year of between finishing school and starting university is a waste of students' time. to what extent do you agree or disagree?

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While the most important things about being a
student
 are learning as much knowledge as we can, and avoiding taking too many breaks.
Nevertheless
, there are still some things that we can do to enrich our
student
 life. In my opinion, I completely disagree that taking a
gap
year
 before we become a freshman is wasting
time
. With the identity of
students
, It is very common to go to
college
 immediately after graduating from high school, taking more advanced classes than in high school, and learning more expertise with an eye to acquiring a degree of bachelor.
First
 of all, the reason why
students
 should go to
college
 is to have more challenging courses, which
also
 needs
students
 to spend more
time
 on them.
Secondly
, taking a
gap
year
 will cause
students
 to lose their memory of some know-how, decreasing their academic performance as the
college
student
's goal always is graduating from university.
Last
 but not least, there
are
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 some
possibility
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 of
students
 doing nothing, just wasting
time
 while taking a
gap
year
.
Thus
, having a long vacation before getting into
college
 is not encouraged. Despite the problem mentioned above, there are still some advantages of a
gap
year
 that should be taken into consideration.
To begin
 with, rather than learning expertise in
college
, there are still many things that are very crucial and
college
 can not cover.
For instance
, the experience of working or the skill of conversing with people.
Secondly
, taking a
year
gap
 help
students
 find their hobbies and develop another skill they
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interest
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 in but have no
time
 to give a shot.
Finally
, having a
gap
year
 to travel around the world or do working holidays not only gives
students
 a more colourful life but
broaden
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 their horizons, which are worth trying.
Although
 it is vital for
students
 gets into university as soon as possible, if
student
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a student
the student
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 uses their
time
 properly, the benefit of taking a
gap
year
 is tremendous, and every
student
 can try and enrich their life.
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