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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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 of the widely discussed
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 nowadays is the decision of the
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 who
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 to take a gap
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 evident benefit of taking a gap
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 is that it can help young people find their own vocation. In
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year
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 they will be able to have more fascinating experiences in outschool activities, accumulate knowledge, and acquire new skills, which would be useful for them in order to decide how to commence their future career. Another reason that an additional
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 would be advantageous is that it could give enough time to
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 so as to earn extra money. It is known that applying to foreign countries is a money-consuming process, and during the
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 applicants can be employed in a company to not face financial problems.
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, there are obvious disadvantages.
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, it would make people
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be feeble-minded and lazy towards their studies, because of the fact that
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 whole
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 is a long break from studying and high school
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 might become unmotivated to explore
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 may destroy the concentration of the
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 to
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 in
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the university
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. Another possible issue is forgotten knowledge, as I wrote in the above paragraphs,
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year
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 is enough time to forget information. In fact, without consistent repetition of certain
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 it would be easy to overlook many details of profound knowledge.
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 the decree of taking a
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 between finishing school and beginning university life
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 many advantages
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 as interesting experience and enough time to earn money for
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, it can
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 lead to
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 assessment of student because of lack of stable education throughout the
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 caused by taking a gap
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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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