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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? After completing high school, students should take at least a year off to work or travel before they begin studying at a university. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

#school #students #year #work #travel #university #support
A career path in an individual's
life
 is a lifetime lesson. The learning process is not something which ends within
few
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 years, but it lasts throughout the entire lifetime.
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Therefore
, It is very critical to determine whether to start the next phase of education immediately after high school or start after a small
intervel
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interval
.
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Even though
 some may claim, waiting a minimum of
one
year
 is considered a waste of
time
, others rather think the contrary. From my perspective, I agree with the statement that students should in fact wait out a
year
 or so before they start the next journey in their
life
. I strongly feel
this
 way for two main reasons, which I shall narrate below. First and foremost, every student should be given a break from his studies and be exposed to the real world, by working or travelling.
This
 helps in the nourishment of the brain and really
assisst
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assists
 in the vitality of its function. Taking a break
does not mean doing nothing
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, but getting prepared mentally and physically for the second phase in
life
.
One
 example which I can relate to
this
 instance is my
life
 itself. When I
finsihed
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finished
highschool
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, I had the profound
oppurtunity
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opportunity
 of figuring out what I wanted to do, as
me
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 and my family were relocating to another country. That
one
 whole
year
 turned out to be really
dentrimental
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detrimental
 in my
life
, as I was able to decide my next
carreer
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career
 path. But, keep in mind that
through out
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 the whole
year
 I did a lot of
reasearch
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research
 and studies on different universities, which was not at all a waste of
time
.
Secondly
, a
year
 break will help us to get more insight
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 the perks of studying a
course
 later on in the future.
In addition
, taking a
time
 off not only gives us insight
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 but
also
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year
 will give us a lot of exposure to different fields of study.
For instance
, based on my perspective, a
course
 in
medical
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 field will always prevail in securing a good job at any point compared to any other
course
. As the world is encountering new health and
realted
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related
 issues
everyday
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, having a
course
 in medicine is considered rewarding.
While
 some may consider it
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a waste of
time
, as they think that
one
 whole
year
 is spent doing nothing,
but
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students
inturn
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in turn
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 use
this
time
 off to decide and understand what they want to do next in their path of
life
. In conclusion, indeed taking some
time
 off from school before getting into university will benefit students in deciding
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 future goals in their lives.
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