Some students take a year off between school and university, to work or to travel. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

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There is a tendency for some
students
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to have an off year before
university
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in order to have a job or take a trip. What I believe is that the merits of
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action are overshadowed by its merits since
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gap has some detrimental effects on their futures which I explain in detail as follows: What has to
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in terms of disadvantages is that
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interval makes
students
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apart from
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environment;
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, they need more time and effort to pass the
university
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entrance exam.
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such
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attempt
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can impose a heavy burden on them so
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they might become frustrated at yielding the desired results and
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them to
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or depression.
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, while
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of
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are
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restricted, making money in which their requirements are met,
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a large amount of joy for them. In
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regard, due to their maturity, either they never come back to school or
university
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and keep doing some ordinary job with
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salary or after many years they would be interested in studying with their hectic schedule which in many cases is not effective.
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, some people are
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the opinion that taking a year off before
university
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makes
students
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accumulate hands-on
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in their job and obtain much information on their
trip
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trips
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.
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, in my
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there will be countless of
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of opportunities for them in the future;
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, it is better to concentrate
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their education for a while. In conclusion,
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some
students
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wish to try on working or travelling for a year before they go to
university
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, I think the cons of
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notion outweigh its pros since it
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their future adversely.
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