In some countries many young people choose to work or travel for a year between finishing high school and starting university studies. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages.

It is said that in some nations, students after ending high school will take a gap year for travelling or

work

. The main benefits of

this

are gaining

work

experience and expanding knowledge;

however

, the key drawbacks are

people

may stop studying and think that

university

is not important. The main advantage is that individuals can get

work

experience. Doing a job will help

people

to know if they really like it, and if they want to do that job in the future. As well,

this

allows that in the future, when changing to another company, to have priority since they have had

work

before.

Furthermore

, travelling, allows

people

to understand and know more cultures and

people

so they are more open-minded. After visiting different countries, there may be a place that they really like, and want to live there in the future,

this

will make students have motivation when studying at the

university

since they have a goal. Recent research concluded that in Spain, the

people

who have visited more countries are happier and more open to accepting new things, and

as a consequence

have good

university

results.

However

, if too many trips are made,

people

don’t have the mood to study, the only thing that they would like to do is to go to other places, and going to the

university

is something that blocks them from doing what they want, it is a waste of time, and

as a consequence

, they will dislike

university

. The great disadvantage of working in the gap year is that some

people

will leave their studies.

This

is because they think that after 12 years of school, working is something new for them, they experienced new things and are not willing to go back to study, since they think that they are fine with the life they have. Studies done in the USA show that 80% of

people

that quit studying after high school, do not continue their studies. In conclusion, taking a sabbatical year will allow individuals to try different types of

work

, looking for the one they like and they can learn new things.

However

, there is a possibility that they will not study again and will not take

university

as something important.