In some countries, young people often decide to work or travel for a time before they start their university studies. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of doing this. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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I think that the advantages
is
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more than
disadvantages
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the disadvantages
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for
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of
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working or travelling before starting
the
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apply
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university
studies. And here are my reasons.
Firstly
, for the advantages, students just
finish
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their
university
entrance exams
such
as GAOKAO, and travelling is a good way to relax and
spends
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some
time
with their friends or parents. For them,
university
is a new beginning and a new change, so they need to fresh themselves from travelling.
And working
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Working
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is
also
a good method for young people
learning
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to learn
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and
seeing
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more things they haven't seen, and they can develop some skills which is
usefull
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useful
for them to prepare for
their
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university
even
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and even
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for their future
job
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jobs
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. But on the opposites, there are
also
some disadvantages. For
examples
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example
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, it may take some money which may be a burden for
family
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the family
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or
spends
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spend
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some
time
which can
be spend
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be spent
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on reading books for
preparing
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apply
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the
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for the
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university
course. Actually, I had spent some
time
to travel
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travelling
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with my family before I started my
university
studies. And I think it's really deserved. I had a good rest from that. And for me, I need to study in
other city
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another city
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which is far from my home. So travelling with my family is
a
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an
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oppotunity
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opportunity
to build our relationship. So I support young people to work or travel for a
time
before their
university
studies.
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