In recent years, taking a year out before starting a degree course has been a popular trend among students. Although some feel that this trend has been a negative impact, I, however, believe that it has benefited students in two main reasons.
Firstly, a gap year is a valuable period of time for students to have a clear career objective. While I concede that taking a break between school and university could be a distraction for further studies, the problem is that a majority of students in high school have inadequate vocational training which easily leads to wrong decisions related to what school they should apply for. As a result, they could waste from four to five years on the major which is not really suitable for them. This also means that after graduation, they reluctantly accept to do jobs, which they do not like. Therefore, a year off is certainly a great chance for school leavers to be sufficiently aware of their abilities as well as their real taste of employment.
The second reason why a year off has been an essential benefit is probably self-development. Students can take advantage of this favourable opportunity to boost knowledge and broaden experiences which colleges or universities do not teach. Take language skill for example. School leavers might spend a year break learning a new language through working, travelling or volunteering abroad. There is the fact that a good command of a foreign language is instrumental in most kinds of careers. Therefore, if you can use one or several languages fluently, you will perhaps be golden to many employers. Furthermore, some of the top universities offer a language degree as an entrance qualification. Hence, a great language skill is likely to make it easier for students to be admitted into high-quality universities.
In conclusion, a year out could be considered as a good chance for students to reach a specific career objective and purposely equip with necessary skills in an effort to develop themselves. Therefore, although I acknowledge that a year break can give rise to a disruption in academic progress, I agree that it generally creates many considerable merits for students.
In recent years, taking a
year
out
before
starting a degree course has been a popular trend among
students
. Although
some
feel that this trend has been a
negative
impact, I,
however
, believe that it has benefited
students
in two main reasons.
Firstly
, a gap
year
is a valuable period of time for
students
to have a
clear
career objective. While I concede that taking a break between
school
and university could be a distraction for
further
studies, the problem is that a majority of
students
in high
school
have inadequate vocational training which
easily
leads to
wrong
decisions related to what
school
they should apply for.
As a result
, they could waste from four to five years on the major which is not
really
suitable for them. This
also
means that after graduation, they
reluctantly
accept to do jobs, which they do not like.
Therefore
, a
year
off is
certainly
a great chance for
school leavers
to be
sufficiently
aware of their abilities
as well
as their real taste of employment.
The second reason why a
year
off has been an essential benefit is
probably
self-development.
Students
can take advantage of this
favourable
opportunity to boost knowledge and broaden experiences which colleges or universities do not teach. Take
language
skill
for example
.
School leavers
might spend a
year
break learning a new
language
through working, travelling or volunteering abroad. There is the fact that a
good
command of a foreign
language
is instrumental in most kinds of careers.
Therefore
, if you can
use
one or several
languages
fluently
, you will perhaps be golden to
many
employers.
Furthermore
,
some of the
top universities offer a
language
degree as an entrance qualification.
Hence
, a great
language
skill
is likely to
make
it easier for
students
to
be admitted
into high-quality universities.
In conclusion
, a
year
out could
be considered
as a
good
chance for
students
to reach a specific career objective and
purposely
equip with necessary
skills
in an effort to develop themselves.
Therefore
, although I acknowledge that a
year
break can give rise to a disruption in academic progress, I
agree
that it
generally
creates
many
considerable merits for
students
.