Education is a crucial thing in life for everyone regardless of age, gender and race. However, there are countries who practice a gap year for students to work or travel after secondary school and before entering tertiary education. There are pros and cons for these young people, but personally, I think that it is unnecessary to have a gap year between those periods, but it would make more sense if it is during university degree.
To begin with, the benefit of having a year off between your between finishing high school and starting university studies is that the students are able to gain work experience. Many conclude that most graduates do not have enough soft skills to adapt in the working world due to lack of experience. Hence, this one-year time will help them to acquire some skills and practical knowledge. Apart from that, some prefer to travel so that they could have a clearer vision about their chosen degree course so that they will not regret when the time comes.
Nevertheless, these young people are wasting their time and especially at their age, their only commitment is to pursue education. For instance, going on trips for a year is a bit far too long just to have a better preparation. There are many cases where people end up in different jobs from their courses because sometimes it depends on the market but opportunities are always there. Furthermore, work experience is unreliable when they are 18 years old. If you apply for an accountant job and having a retail job history might not be sufficient enough.
To summarise, I suppose that taking a break is not really a good choice. Instead, universities should train the students about soft skills to prepare them for work life.
Education is a crucial thing in life for everyone regardless of age, gender and race.
However
, there are countries who practice a gap
year
for students to
work
or travel after secondary school and
before
entering tertiary education. There are pros and cons for these young
people
,
but
personally
, I
think
that it is unnecessary to have a gap
year
between those periods,
but
it would
make
more sense if it is during university degree.
To
begin
with, the benefit of having a
year
off between your between finishing high school and starting university studies is that the students are able to gain
work
experience.
Many
conclude that most graduates do not have
enough
soft
skills
to adapt in the working world due to lack of experience.
Hence
, this one-year time will
help
them to acquire
some
skills
and practical knowledge. Apart from that,
some
prefer to travel
so
that they could have a clearer vision about their chosen degree course
so
that they will not regret when the time
comes
.
Nevertheless
, these young
people
are wasting their time and
especially
at their age, their
only
commitment is to pursue education.
For instance
, going on trips for a
year
is a bit far too long
just
to have a better preparation. There are
many
cases where
people
end
up in
different
jobs from their courses
because
sometimes
it depends on the market
but
opportunities are always there.
Furthermore
,
work
experience is unreliable when they are 18 years
old
. If you apply for an accountant job and having a retail job history might not be sufficient
enough
.
To
summarise
, I suppose that taking a break is not
really
a
good
choice.
Instead
, universities should train the students about soft
skills
to prepare them for
work
life.