It is becoming increasingly popular for school leavers to take a year off (a gap year) before going to university. Do the advantages of this outweigh any disadvantages?

Education is not just a piece of paper - the piece of paper is the representation of
skills
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and qualities of a person .the rate of a
gap
year
before joining
to
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college is now greater than at almost any point in history. From my perspective, I firmly believe that the
disadvantage
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disadvantages
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outweigh the
advantage
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advantages
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. Despite knowing the benefits of
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taking
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a rest between years
studying
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of studying
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but
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the disadvantages more than
merits
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the merits
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.
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it's
great
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notion for pupils
but
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at the same
time
it is
waste
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a waste
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of
time
.
For example
,
gap
year
waste of
time
and in one
year
students
can spend more
time
with something better
.in
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In
one
year
they will finish 6 subjects .
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, they have
a
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time
to take a long rest when they finish a tertiary education.
Individual
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in
twenties
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their twenties
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age can acquire more skills ,
experience
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and experience
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and
understanding
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complex concepts more quickly for that reason
students
should spend their
time
for
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learning.
Beside
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that , the advantages of
gap
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a gap
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year
for
students
they will spend more
time
with their families .
In
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This
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this
year
students
have to exploit their
time
to gain a lot of information about their major and
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look
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for opportunities that can join to a job after they graduate.
Also
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they can enjoy and share their
time
with
other
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others
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.
Moreover
, they should travel abroad to back to university with
cheerful
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a cheerful
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spirit and
refresh
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mood. after
gap
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the gap
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year
they will come back to
the
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college fresh and energetic again because in the
gap
year
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year,
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they do what they want. In conclusion,
Allthough
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although
, the notion of a
gap
year
wasted
of
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time
therefore
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, therefore
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, it is
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an opportunities
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opportunities
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opportunity
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for
students
to spend more
time
with their families and practice their hobbies rather
then
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than
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spending one
year
in university .
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