It is becoming increasingly popular for school leavers to take a year off (a gap year) before going to university. Do the advantages of this outweigh any disadvantages?

Nowadays, more and more young people are taking a gap period before going to study at university. In

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essay, I will examine the advantages and disadvantages of

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break. The two main advantages of a gap year are understanding much better what is your purpose in life and becoming more mature.

Firstly

, when you have a free year , you can start thinking about what you want your life to be like, and what type of people you want to have in your social group and ,

overall

, you start understanding your personality and your goals better.

For example

, if a boy doesn't know what job suits him, after a year of exploring ,he may understand his strengths.

Secondly

, if individuals

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12 months far away from home , they will become mature and independent .

Additionally

,they will learn to take adult responsibilities and

this

will prepare them for life.

However

, a free period after 12 classes

also

has some disadvantages

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as losing contact with studying methods and not having the motivation to sit at the desk for 8 hours anymore. If students stop using their minds for memorising, it will be very hard for them to

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the study techniques that work for their brains.

For instance

, if I stop learning biology for 3 months, after that period,I won't memorize information as fast as I used to.

Furthermore

, students won't be able to concentrate for 8 hours , and they will want to travel and live a free lifestyle. In conclusion,

although

a gap time can make school leavers want to live a free lifestyle and can make them lose their concentration power, It has an extremely positive effect on understanding their growth purpose and in hurrying the maturation process. I believe that the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.