There is a tendency that highschool graduates take a year-long break to work or travel before studying at university. However, in-dept analysis, it is so far-fetched. As far as I am concerned, I strongly believe that it is better to study at university after graduating high school. This is largely due to the fact that it is too time consuming. Another reason for my opinion is that students have trouble in studying after a year break.
First and foremost, a year-long break is not time effective. To elucidate, university students also can work or travel without a year break. Not all students take the classes all time and students can coordinate their schedule because they can choose time and lectures that they want. For instance, I take all lectures from Monday to Thursday and I travel some other regions from Friday to Sunday. In addition, even if a university students want to work, it is possible to work by taking part-time job. If so, students can save their time and graduate a year faster than those who take a year-long break.
Moreover, students who take a year-long break have difficulty in studying their majors. Almost people are likely to forget the knowledge without studying. What I mean is that without studying, a year is long enough to forgot knowledge. For example, after even six months break, I have difficulty in remembering names of scientists or theories without studying them. Therefore a year-long vocation is negative for students.
In a nutshell, I firmly believe that it is worse for high school graduates to take a year-long break to travel and work before studying at university. This is because it is time consuming and it makes students have difficulty in studying.