You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Some students take one year off between finishing high school and going to university, in order to travel or to work. Do you think the advantages of a ‘gap year’ outweigh the disadvantages? Support your opinion with examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words.

It's believed by many high school graduates that a gap

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is necessary to go abroad, start a business or even explore which goals and dreams they would like to achieve in their lives.

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important decision should be only made by the student himself and based on his preferences. I see that it's important to take

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off to determine your future if it really requires and it depends on the personality too. It's a fact nowadays that the

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of high school is stressful for all

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and some

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need extra time to determine their goals after that. Some

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can have business ideas and are forced by their parents to join the faculty of Engineering

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. Others may want to travel abroad and study for a degree in a foreign educational institution which requires more prepare all documents.

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, some

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might have a positive overview of a field like construction engineering but when they join

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department in the educational institution, they may find it less interesting than they have believed in their childhood. It's undoubtedly true that

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who prefer to take

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off face several challenges like social stress, losing

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of their age or even not finding the suitable major they have been looking for. There's no doubt that education is important and getting a degree from a university is necessary but it's not a must to build a business or to find a job. Bill Gates didn't complete his degree and started his small work till he reached where he is now.

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, he regretted getting out of the university because it's something that he can never get back again, he could have made some friends and had the experience of

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young age

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of working hard all night. The risks of being away from your friends and trying to find your own way in life are countless. Not all people who stop their higher education are successful like Bill Gates, so a gap

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affects

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' beliefs to continue studying in university and complete

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path to the end. In conclusion, I see that the advantages of a gap

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outweigh the disadvantages despite the fact that

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should get guidance from older

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, family, professors, etc. It's really important for all

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to choose their future path based on their beliefs and without any hurry so as not to regret that step later and we can't build our perspective on others' experiences because everyone has his own blueprint in life.