Some students take one year off between school and university. Do advantages outweigh disadvantages?

There is no denying the fact that the phenomenon of
year
gaps. Is ubiquitous across the globe
due to
its paramount importance.
One
school of thought opines that it is worthless.
However
, others consider that a couple of problems
also
occur because of the same. It seems to me,
although
this
has a plethora of merits, numerous demerits are
also
there which will be elaborated on in upcoming paragraphs. There is a myriad of reasons which will
further
explain
this
argument but the most preponderant
one
stems from the fact that
year
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gap after school helps
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the student
a student
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student
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students
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to explore their interest because most students when they have graduated from school don’t have a plan
what
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for what
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they want to be or to study.
Hence
, that
year
will give them
chance
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to discover themselves and their interests. Another pivotal aspect of
this
argument is that if students have been taking
one
year
free from studying between
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levels, they might find
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jobs
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and earn some money which can help them
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tuition fees and even help their families especially who have poverty case.
Finally
,
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and meeting new people from different cultures could be improved
one
’s personality. To support
this
idea these benefits are convincing.
However
, there are some pitfalls that negate these arguments, and which can certainly overwhelm the potential influence of
this
trend. The first negative factor is
the
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almost all individuals find it
is
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difficult to get back
studying
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at universities or colleges; as,
one
year
is good enough to forget the emotions of studying,
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exams
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, and homework,
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they feel it is hard to have passion
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education again.
Moreover
, after getting a job and starting
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money, they may think highly education
unimportant
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, so they will lose their encourage forward joining to university.
This
leads us
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to the final, and perhaps
most
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significant drawback is
,
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if
student
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a student
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does not plan carefully that
year
;
consequently
, it could lose and waste time.
This
argument
also
appears to be quite powerful.
To conclude
, without any doubt,
this
is a mixed bag. If
this
topic has many positives
then
the negative points of
this
nation may not be underestimated.
Submitted by Ssaraan2017 on

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