In some countries young people are encouraged to work or travel for a year between finishing high school and starting university studies Discuss the advantages and disadvantages for young people who decide to do this

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In some countries young people are encouraged to work or travel for a year between finishing high school and starting university studies. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages for young people who decide to do this.

It is quite common these days for high-school graduates in many countries to take a gap year before transmitting to campus life. This trend is not restricted to students who come from a well-off background and have the money to travel, but it is also proven among poorer students who opt to work and become economically independent for a period of time.

The rationale for the trend could possibly be attributed to the recognition that: transmission to university right after high school poses an encumbrance for students regarding universal knowledge, hands-on experience, and stamina. In sharp contrast, those who have finished a stint of striving to earn money or traveling to other places are also equipped with less narrow-minded perspectives and superior personal resources, which would be conducive when they acclimate to life on campus. They tend to be more independent, which is proven to be an intrinsic attribute in academic study or research. This trend also benefits students who are uncertain about their favorite realms or future career, helping them get their interest in perspective or fully comprehend themselves.

Nonetheless, there are certainly risks in assigning a period of time for working or traveling at that important age. Taking gap years would interrupt students' education, thus rendering them more difficult to readapt to an academic environment when they have fallen behind their peers. Certain of young adults would even consider never returning to their studies. They may think that it would be better to continue in a particular job, or to do something completely different from a university course. But overall, I think such decisions would be less likely nowadays when academic qualifications play an important role in getting high-salary jobs.

My opinion is that young people should be encouraged to broaden their horizons. That is the most fitting way for them to get a clearer perspective of what they hope to do with their lives and moreover, give them a sense of purpose. Students endowed with such a perspective are usually the most effective and motivated ones and taking gap years may be the best avenue to gain this.

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Average: 8.4 (1 vote)

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, may, moreover, nonetheless, regarding, so, thus, well, i think

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 13.1623246493 137% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 7.85571142285 115% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 10.4138276553 144% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 7.30460921844 192% => OK
Pronoun: 31.0 24.0651302605 129% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 49.0 41.998997996 117% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 8.3376753507 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1825.0 1615.20841683 113% => OK
No of words: 351.0 315.596192385 111% => OK
Chars per words: 5.19943019943 5.12529762239 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.32839392791 4.20363070211 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.87819798983 2.80592935109 103% => OK
Unique words: 205.0 176.041082164 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.584045584046 0.561755894193 104% => OK
syllable_count: 568.8 506.74238477 112% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 5.43587174349 166% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 2.10420841683 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 4.0 0.809619238477 494% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 1.0 4.76152304609 21% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 16.0721442886 87% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 20.2975951904 123% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 52.2226395506 49.4020404114 106% => OK
Chars per sentence: 130.357142857 106.682146367 122% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.0714285714 20.7667163134 121% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.5 7.06120827912 78% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.67935871743 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.4128256513 59% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.224839143102 0.244688304435 92% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0765897144462 0.084324248473 91% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0515965923287 0.0667982634062 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.139306741709 0.151304729494 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0364050623364 0.056905535591 64% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.6 13.0946893788 119% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 50.2224549098 92% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 11.3001002004 115% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.18 12.4159519038 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.2 8.58950901804 107% => OK
difficult_words: 96.0 78.4519038076 122% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 9.78957915832 148% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 10.1190380762 119% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.7795591182 121% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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