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In many countries, students take a year gap after finishing school and work or travel during this period. Should students take a gap year before attending universities? What are the advantages and disadvantages of it? v.4

In many countries, students take a year gap after finishing school and work or travel during this period. Should students take a gap year before attending universities? What are the advantages and disadvantages of it? v. 4
Some people are in favour of students taking a gap year before university, while others believe such a break in education is disruptive.   I believe that while there are arguments in favour of both views, that students benefit more from continuing their education straight from secondary to tertiary level. On one side of the argument, a gap year provides opportunities for work experience, personal development and a period of relaxation away from the stresses of full-time education.   High-school students are subjected to enormous pressure to achieve high grades, particularly in Asia, meaning that leisure time is practically non-existent and young people have little chance to indulge in hobbies or recreational activities  After-school classes, summer schools and exam preparation courses also prevent many high-school students from engaging in sports which can develop teamwork and leadership skills, or from travel which allows them to gain cultural awareness and to develop as individuals.   A gap year would provide just such opportunities. Furthermore, work experience either in paid employment or in a voluntary capacity would give students practical skills, a sound work ethic and an appreciation of the value of money they have earned themselves.   Such experiences help students to become more rounded individuals, enhance their CVs when they apply for scholarships or work after graduation and provide employers with valuable insight into an individual’s aptitude, personality and ambitions. On the other side of the argument, many students returning from a break in academic study find it very difficult to adjust to university life, give up their ideas of a higher education altogether, or waste their gap year in worthless activities.   Starting a university course after a year’s break is difficult.   Gap-year students are a year behind their high-school friends and have forgotten many of the lessons learned in school, or indeed, how to study at all. Many also miss the income from unskilled gap-year jobs and decide that they would rather have money now than wait for a better salary later, prompting some to abandon their scholarly ambitions altogether.   In the Philippines, for example, some students are enticed into non-skilled jobs with attractive salaries, forgetting that what they can earn after graduation will, in the long run, provide far better financial security. There are also many high school students who start a gap-year with good intentions, but fail to find work or a worthwhile activity and end up wasting their time – something they find hard to explain to future employers. In conclusion, while some students may profit from taking a gap year, I am convinced that for the majority of students a year’s break is detrimental to both their educational progress and their final careers.
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benefit more from continuing their
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straight from secondary to tertiary level.

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provides
opportunities for
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experience, personal development and a period of relaxation away from the
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.
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from engaging in sports which can develop teamwork and leadership
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, or from travel which
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such opportunities.

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experience either in paid employment or in a voluntary capacity would give
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ethic and an appreciation of the value of money they have earned themselves.
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to become more rounded individuals, enhance their
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when they apply for scholarships or
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after graduation and
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employers with valuable insight into an individual’s aptitude, personality and ambitions.

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difficult to adjust to university life, give up their
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altogether, or waste their
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in worthless activities.
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is difficult.
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behind their high-school friends and have forgotten
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than wait for a better salary later, prompting
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In the Philippines,
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are enticed
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far better financial security. There are
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high school
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something they find
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is detrimental to both their educational progress and their final careers.
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IELTS essay In many countries, students take a year gap after finishing school and work or travel during this period. Should students take a gap year before attending universities? What are the advantages and disadvantages of it? v. 4

Essay
  American English
5 paragraphs
450 words
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