In some countries young people are encouraged to work or travel for a year between finishing high school and strating university studies. Discuss the advantage and disadvantage for young people who decide to do this. |
Nowadays there is a trend that youngsters decided to work or make a journey for a year before begginning university studies. There are both advantages and disadvantages, and I will discuss this present situation in the following paragraphs. Firstly, travel can be a good experience to teenagers. They will be able to broaden their range of thinking, and be more relaxed. According to tv news, there is a system named special grade for third grade of middle school in Ireland. During this period, students of Ireland can work or play doing things they like. The authority of Ireland said that both students' scores and minds became better than before through this system. Another good point is that they can grow their economical independence. During this time, young people can work, so they earn money for themselves. Through this experience students can feel the value of money, and appreciate to their parents. In spite of many advantages, bad points are also existed in this situation. It might be some difficult to adapt to school studies again. There might be side effects from long rest such as idleness. For example, the university students who came back school from army often undergo very hard time to adapt to school circumstance in Korea. We should not overlook these bad effects. In conclusion, there are lots of merits and demerits in this system that students work or travel before starting university course, but I think that good effects outweigh bad points. Young people can be real adult by contacting other parts of life not study, therefore I agree with this trend. |