Some school leavers travel or work for a period of time instead of going directly to the university. What are the advantages and disadvantages.
Education lays down the foundation of successful career in everyone's life.A gap year is a year after high school when a student takes time to explore his or her interests, which usually entails some type of travelling or working. After the gap year is over, the student begins his or her career. It has both pros and cons which I would like to account for in this essay.
There are many benefits of taking a year off. Firstly, the student can explore his interests before deciding on a major. Just passing out of secondary school, a student does know what his real interests are. A gap year gives him time to introspect and he may also find something he has never considered studying before. Secondly, he can save money to finance his education and ease some burden off his parents‘ shoulders. Higher education is very expensive and some parents cannot afford the full cost of students‘ university fees.
Further emphasizing from my point of view. The student meets different people and experiences different cultures. As a result his personality develops and he comes to know about the outside world. Finally, a well planned gap year is attractive to some admissions tutors and to future employers. For example, a student can add his activities of the gap year in his resume when he applies to the university or for some job after completion of his education. This is taken in a positive light by the admissions committee and some job providers.By contrast,others have conflicting views.
They think that A student may find it difficult to get back to study. A year is a long time and once that tempo of attending classes and doing home-work etc. is lost, a student may not feel like studying again. Secondly, if he starts earning enough, education may seem unimportant. Finally, if a student does not plan it properly, it may end up as a wasted year.
To put it in a nutshell, I pen down saying that a gap year has a lot of advantages provided it is planned well.
| Post date | Users | Rates | Link to Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-17 | rutvik42 | 56 | view |
| 2014-11-21 | Amarjeet saggu | 28 | view |
- Some people think the government should pay for health care and education, but other people claim that it is the individual‘s responsibility. Do you agree or disagree? 90
- In recent years the number of crimes committed by young people in major cities throughout the world is increasing Discuss this issue Give reasons and suggest some solutions 75
- Many employees may work at home with the modern technology Some people claim that it can benefit only the workers not the employers Do you agree or disagree 88
- Nowadays more and more adults are playing games on computers. Is it good or bad? Give reasons for your answers with relevant examples. 80
- Some school leavers travel or work for a period of time instead of going directly to the university What are the advantages and disadvantages 28
Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 5.5 out of 9
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 20 15
No. of Words: 349 350
No. of Characters: 1579 1500
No. of Different Words: 191 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.322 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.524 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.546 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 105 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 83 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 53 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 39 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 17.45 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 7.762 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.55 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.318 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.522 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.129 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5