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Nowadays many students choose to take a year off before going to university. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of taking a gap year, and give your own opinion about whether it is a good idea.

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More and more students have a gap
year
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 between high school and
university
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. Some
people
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 think that there are some drawbacks to
take
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 a
year
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 off, but some think that young
people
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 can gain more
benefits
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 for their future,
which
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 I definitely agree about
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 view. Some
people
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 think that there are lots of drawbacks to a have a
year
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 off before going to
university
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, the students taking a
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 off
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need financial support from their family,
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otherwise
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 they need to work for their living that
year
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.
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, the job they work may not they are really
interested
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, and it wastes their time.
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, they have one
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 behind
from
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their classmates,
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will lead
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they have no common language with their classmates.
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, not
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parents
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 understand the student’s decision to a
year
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 off which will make them have not a good relationship with their family, especially in
poor
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family
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families
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. But some
people
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 think that young
people
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 can get more
benefits
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 from taking a
year
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 off before they choose a field to study at
university
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, they can have more time to find the field they
really
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interest
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as
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 their subject to study at
university
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, students have more chances to try different kinds of
job
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jobs
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 that will help them gain different
experience
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experiences
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.
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, even
you
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if you
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 just work
as
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at
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 a sales
in
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a
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job, you can learn communication
skill
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 to talk with different
people
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 which is a
usefull
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useful
 skill for your whole life.
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, young
people
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 can
boarden
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broaden
 their network from
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real sociality not just from school. In conclusion, there are drawbacks and
benefits
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of
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 taking a gap
year
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, but I think young
people
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 can gain more
benefits
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 from taking a
year
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 off before going to
university
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