It is true that in many countries’ parents encourage their children to work or visit different places for a year from completing high school to beginning university studies. While there some drawbacks of this trend, I believe that the merits of this trend outweigh the demerits.
Most importantly, there are several advantages of this trend. One possible advantage is that it helps to learn new skills. For instance, at present, many students take a break from study after finishing their high school. During this break, many of them start working part time. So, when they work, they meet with different kinds of people and communicate with them that enhance their communication skills. In addition, when work outside or travel different places, they face many problems and try to solve those problems themselves. So, this trend improves the problem-solving ability of students. Another possible benefit is that this trend provides a chance to refresh their mental and physical heal, and learn about new cultures and languages. For example, after 2 years of born, every student may be stay busy with studies. He or she may not manage time for traveling during his or her study period. On account of this reason, every student feels bored and tries to take a break after high school. In this break, they travel different natural places and the natural beauty of those places helps to refresh their body and mind. Moreover, they can meet different cultural people and make new friends, and they get information about various cultures.
Despite the above advantages, there are some disadvantages of this trend. Firstly, many students cannot focus their studies after taking a long break. Additionally, during the long break, many of them work in different companies for a year. So, if companies provide better opportunities, many students stay with those companies and never move to study again. Furthermore, in order to earn pocket money, many students start part time business during free time after finishing high school. However, when their earnings increase, they don’t continue studies and provide full focus on business.
In conclusion, although there are some drawbacks of this trend, I think that taking a break between finishing high school and starting university is helpful for students because during this period they can learn new skills, get knowledge about new things, and this break also improves their mental and physical health and makes them energetic.