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 desided to do this.

Many young people around the world take a

year

off between finishing high school and beginning

university

to travel or

to

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work

.

Although

this

can have many advantages like gaining real-life experience, it can

also

mean falling a

year

behind academically. In

this

essay, will discuss what I consider to be the benefits and drawbacks of taking a

gap

year

.

To begin

with, taking a

gap

after graduating from high school can be

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beneficial

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beneficial

before embarking on

university

study. Whether it can be travel or

work

,

this

would allow young people to be independent and learn about themselves which will

also

help in carrier choices.

For example

, travelling allows young people to grow through experiencing and overcoming challenges.

Work

experience provides lifetime experience like real-life skills that will help to gain theoretical knowledge to the practical knowledge they are going to get at

university

.

Although

the

work

may be irrelevant to future aspirations, learning how to deal with customers,

colleagues

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and taking responsibility are all valuable tools for any student or worker.

However

, for every positive, there is a negative.One flip side of taking a

year

gap

is falling behind a

year

academically .

This

means starting one's

university

program a

year

later and

thus

graduating from

university

a

year

later than one's peers.

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Inspite

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In spite

of that there may be financial drawbacks. Some scholarships,

for instance

, do not allow students to defer, so the decision to take a

year

gap

might be the loss of the grant, which

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long-term debt. In

conclusion

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taking a

year

off after high school can bring about significant financial and personal benefits, despite the potential problems in terms of falling behind a

year

acdemically

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academically

. As long as an individual is aware of their future direction, a

gap

year

can be extremely rewarding.