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In some countries young people are encouraged to work or travel for a year between finishing high school and starting university studies. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages for young people who decide to do this

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Nowadays, many people in different countries
encourag
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encourage
 students after finishing high school to take
one
year
 as a break to travel or
work
befor
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before
 starting university studies. I firmly believe that
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 benefits outweigh the drawbacks.
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However
, in
this
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this
 topic. On the
one
 hand, deciding to take
one
year
 after high school by youth could be a big decision, but it can have
positive
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 impact on them,
thus
 they will have a little bit of experience in life. Travel can teach them a lot. They will discover new
culture
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 and build a good social life as they will communicate with others. The same as
work
, they will know more about
work
 life and how it will be after
graduate
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 from college.
For example
, after I finished high school, I
decieded
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decided
 to be a doctor. before
stating
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starting
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 on
this
 field, I took a
year
 as a break to travel. In my
journey
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journey,
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 I discover that I love to know more about cultures and different languages.
however
,
after
this
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year
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 I started to learn languages
on
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 university.
On the other hand
, it is a big challenge to stop studying for
one
year
, many will argue
that is
 wasting of time,
also
 they may be late
from
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 their colleagues.
Furthermore
, many of them will not
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this
year
 as
it
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they
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 should
to be
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.
For instance
, they can
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 at home doing nothing,
of
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or
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 they will not find the right job for them and it will
distacted
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distracted
distract
 them. They
also
 can
decied
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decide
decided
 not
continue
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 their studies and stay at their
work
.
Therefore
, before
take
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this
 step they need to plan it
to
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not wasting
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 time. In conclusion, stop studying for
one
year
,
this
 decision can
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 several advantages but
also
 it can
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influence
 badly on them. I believe if the person can time utilization in the right way, he will not lose anything and will continue his career happily
after
this
 experience.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Cultural immersion
  • Life experience
  • Work ethic
  • Career readiness
  • Self-discovery
  • Delayed gratification
  • Intellectual stagnation
  • Financial implications
  • Social dynamics
  • Academic trajectory
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