After graduating from high school, some young people decide to start working right away instead of going to university. What are the advantages and disadvantages for young people who decide to do this?

It has been evidently seen that most youngsters prefer to start working immediately after finishing secondary
school
without going through a tertiary education. There are pros and cons to
this
which I will be discussing in
this
essay.
Firstly
, one main advantage young people have when they decide to start earning money right after graduating from high
school
instead
of furthering
education
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is that they gain more working experience
as well as
have financial stability over the years compared to their colleagues
that
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who
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ventured into university and spent more time studying.
This
can be attributed to the fact that most of the
juvenile
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dive into business or skill acquisition and become entrepreneurs
hence
making profits and earnings in
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stage of their lives.
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the south-eastern youths in Nigeria are known to be the wealthiest in the country.
This
is because their male youths go into apprenticeship immediately after basic or secondary
school
where they gain enough skills and afterwards start up their own business
hence
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successful as youths.
In contrast
, it is imperative to note the possible disadvantages associated with not obtaining a university degree which is mainly a limitation to certain career
choice
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and growth.
That is
, one with only an O-level certificate cannot take up certain professions like lawyer, doctor etc and cannot be promoted to more than certain levels at their workplace notwithstanding the number of years of working experience.
For example
, bankers in
west
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Africa can begin with only WAEC (West African Examination Certificate) but can only grow
further
in the finance sector by furthering their education to obtain
BA
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a BA
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or MBA.
This
is to be fair to those
that
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who
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acquired degrees and supposedly have more intellectual knowledge
hence
placing more value on
university
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a university
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degree over
wide
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a wide
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range of experience. In conclusion, many young people prefer to work after high
school
without going to college but there are pros and cons to
this
and should be properly considered before
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