It is becoming increasingly popular to have a year off between finishing school and going university. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this trend?

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year

before higher

education

is

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more common these days. The most significant benefits of

this

trend are the opportunity it gives to

students

for travelling and

resting

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,

while

the drawbacks are the school adaptation process and the risk of wasting an entire

year

for nothing. People prefer to take a break

of

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from

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their

education

and not

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to

collage

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college

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for a

year

. One advantage of

this

is

to

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 before diving

in

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all the midterms and finals,

students

can go

different

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locations and explore

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life outside their future campus and make memories.

This

is because with the heavy curriculum and exams, humans usually do not have time to travel and postponing the hard times for a

year

can

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an opportunity to discover the world. Another pro of a

year

-off is to

finally

have time to relax and rest after university entrance exams which cause burnout to nearly everyone. Many

students

face depression and develop severe anxiety during their

last

years in high school and

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giving themselves a timeline to heal would be a great investment for their mental health. Women and men might find it difficult to get used to the lectures and being educated,

this

might be a drawback

of

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after a

year

full of leisure activities. Being trained to meet higher

education

entrance qualifications after years creates a hard-to-break

dicipline

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discipline

in those individuals and not attending

cources

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courses

or classes might make

this

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go away and

therefore

students

may find it difficult to keep up with the heavy schedule of their licence program. Another disadvantage of having a spare 12 months is the risk of doing nothing in that time. Many

plan

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to meet certain goals,

work

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and work

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on several projects

however

majority of them end up not achieving any of them and

this

might happen to those who choose not to start their

bachelors

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degree right after

highschool

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high school

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.

To conclude

,

although

choosing not to attend

to

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higher

education

for a

365 day

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period

have

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certain pros

such

as having an opportunity to travel and

improving

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psychology, re-adapting

school

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and the risk of doing nothing during the period

are

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its cons.