Today, we see many graduates taking a year-off right after school graduation to travel and get a work experience. There are several both positive and adverse effects of this tendency.
With respect to downsides, first and foremost, a student taking a gap year, as is commonly believed, could lose an academic momentum, since having started working or traveling, a person is seen to lose interest in carrying on education and getting a master degree at a prestigious seat of learning. Additionally, if a student decides to take a year-off in order to explore the world: travel and work, it requires him/her be financially secure. Lastly, social pressure from people surrounding us may negatively influence our mental well-being, listening to criticism and judgement of spending time in vain and not being able to start working at the same time as our peers not taking a gap year.
On the other hand, there are numerous definite edges of taking a year-off after senior years of school. First of all, having the chance to recharge your battery after exhausting last years of studying in high school full of exams helps us understand the value of education. Moreover, a gap year provides more time for students to figure out their priorities in life and change perspectives in order to make a conscious decision, having seen the real world and acquiring a practical experience of work. Also, although this period of time may be expensive, especially if one travels, a person can become financially and emotionally independent.
To sum up, the trend of making a rest lasting a year after school graduation is quite popular and has both pros and cons.
Today
, we
see
many
graduates taking a year-off right after
school
graduation to travel and
get
a work experience. There are several both
positive
and adverse effects of this tendency.
With respect to downsides,
first
and foremost, a student taking a gap
year
, as is
commonly
believed, could lose an academic momentum, since having
started
working or traveling, a person is
seen
to lose interest in carrying on education and getting a master degree at a prestigious seat of learning.
Additionally
, if a student decides to take a year-off in order to explore the world: travel and work, it requires him/her be
financially
secure.
Lastly
, social pressure from
people
surrounding us may
negatively
influence our mental well-being, listening to criticism and judgement of spending
time
in vain and not being able to
start
working at the same
time
as our peers not taking a gap year.
On the other hand
, there are numerous
definite
edges of taking a year-off after senior years of
school
.
First of all
, having the chance to recharge your battery after exhausting last years of studying in high
school
full of exams
helps
us understand the value of education.
Moreover
, a gap
year
provides more
time
for students to figure out their priorities in life and
change
perspectives in order to
make
a conscious decision, having
seen
the real world and acquiring a practical experience of work.
Also
, although this period of
time
may be expensive,
especially
if one travels, a person can become
financially
and
emotionally
independent.
To sum up, the trend of making a rest lasting a
year
after
school
graduation is quite popular and has both pros and cons.