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In some countries, young people are encouraged to work or travel for a year between finishing hugh school and starting university studies. Discuss advantages and disadvantahes and give your opinion

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school
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 graduation to have a
career
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 or
traveling
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travelling
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 before being a scholar.
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 being in college right after graduation looks easier, there are more benefits to having a gap year for
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career
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a career
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 or having a trip.   On the one hand, the reason
being
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for being
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 in
school
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 for most people is to prepare for a
career
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 in the future. But only a few people are making careers with the same major as they learned at
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.
Usually
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 we
learned
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 about the field of basic knowledge at
school
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 but not
looking
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look
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 through
self-reliant
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 and the chance at industry.
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, having a gap year could give
experience
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us experience
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to
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in
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 comparing our capabilities and the industry. To illustrate, when we had a
career
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 before we got into college, we could ensure the field of our interest in the university.
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, we must extra socialize to mingle with new high
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 graduates in the same class.  
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, being a scholar right after graduation will make someone have a shorter time because we could be
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a bachelor
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bachelor
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bachelors
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 in the little
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age
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  • Paragraph 1 - Introduction
    • Sentence 1 - Background statement
    • Sentence 2 - Detailed background statement
    • Sentence 3 - Thesis
    • Sentence 4 - Outline sentence
  • Paragraph 2 - First supporting paragraph
    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
  • Paragraph 3 - Second supporting paragraph
    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
  • Paragraph 4 - Conclusion
    • Sentence 1 - Summary
    • Sentence 2 - Restatement of thesis
    • Sentence 3 - Prediction or recommendation

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