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Some young people look forward to a year of travelling, a gap year, before they work or university and see it as a chance to broaden their horizons. For others this is an expensive waste of time. Discuss both views and give your own opinion

#people #year #gap #work #university #chance #horizons #waste #time
Nowadays, most
people
 have a formal education from
kindergarden
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kindergarten
 to university. Approximately for 22 years old youngster,
they
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have spent 18 years
in
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of
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 their life in formal education. Some university graduate
taking
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 a
gap
year
is
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as
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 an opportunity to enhance their knowledge and
experience
;
while
,
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 others see it as a reckless action of wasting
time
.
Nevertheless
, I would say that taking a
gap
year
 can be
such
 a rewarding activity for students for some reasons that are set out below. Some
people
 argue that having a
gap
year
 for working is a reckless action of wasting
time
. In fact, some graduates end up wasting
time
 doing
job
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jobs
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 that they don’t have passion
on
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for
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it
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apply
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.
In contrast
, I would argue that taking a
gap
year
 can be beneficial for graduates.
For instance
, those who took a chance
for volunteering
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to volunteer
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,
they
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apply
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gained some meaningful
experience
 because they will have
experience
 in expanding their 
world view
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worldview
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. Another argument against the
gap
year
 is that
person
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people
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wasting
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waste
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 money and
time
. They think that gapers end up
in
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on
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 holiday and do unproductive activities.
While
 there is probably some truth in
this
, as
time
passed
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 by,
people
 don’t have much opportunity to take
time
 off
for
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to
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 do what they desire
beside
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besides
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 their work. So, the
time
 after
graduated
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graduating
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 from university is an ideal
time
 to gain an
experience
 outside our daily routine. Taking everything into consideration,
although
 some
people
 may spend a
year
 wasting
time
 and money, more
people
 will find out opportunity to broaden their point of view and
developing
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 themselves during a 
gap
 
year
.
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