In some countries young people are encouraged to work or travel for a year between finishing high school and starting university studies. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages for young people who decide to do this.

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Whilst young individuals in several countries should be recommended to work or travel for a year between finishing high school and commencing university, from my standpoint,
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advice is not suitable for young individuals for two crucial reasons. On the one hand,
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advice is beneficial for young people because the university environment calls for experience and open-mind. Unless people work or travel, they do not gain experience and knowledge about
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deficiency begets some problems
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that they always think
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is easy since money would be given by their parents.
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of
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, they do not pay attention to their lessons or hard skills.
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, if they work somewhere, they can probably understand important lessons or skills.
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, if they reach open-mind about
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, they can choose the correct career path for their jobs.
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is an important choice because they can succeed in their dreams by using only
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way.
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, I do not agree with
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view because education is a marathon;
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, if a person gives up or leaves
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field, she/he cannot come back again because in today's world money is equal to independence. Reaching independence gives rise to some things that
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is easy, or money always can find effortlessly.
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reason, they may lose their ideal and goal of
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. The second reason why is to change. The chance is so fast in recent years. Many things
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as economic or educational have a great effect on young people. With
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chance,
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effect causes some perils
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that they do not come back to university inasmuch as they can have some obligation
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the aforementioned effects and changes.
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, it can obviously be said that one year is very important, especially, in today's world. A year gap has some
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but has some drawbacks.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Cultural immersion
  • Life experience
  • Work ethic
  • Career readiness
  • Self-discovery
  • Delayed gratification
  • Intellectual stagnation
  • Financial implications
  • Social dynamics
  • Academic trajectory
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