Some people do not go directly to college but travel or work for a short time. Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

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Some people do not go directly to college but travel or work for a short time. Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

In recent years it is far more normal for people to take a gap year to travel or work before attending university. While I accept that this trend could sometimes be beneficial, I believe that it is more likely to have adverse impacts.

On the one hand, the aforementioned trend can bring about some advantages. Firstly, during the period in which people work or travel, they can accumulate invaluable first-hand experience, which most university courses fail to offer. This is likely to benefit them in many aspects of their development. For instance, one’s interpersonal skills could be significantly improved when he or she travels to different places and meet new people. Another possible upside to take into account is the fact that people can realize their real passion after this trial period. That is to say, highschool graduates will know whether the major they plan to opt for to study at university is really suitable for them or not after actually working in the field.

On the other hand, I would argue that the drawbacks of this trend are more notable than its benefits. One of the major problems that the individuals who choose to work before going to university may be faced with is their lack of experience and knowledge. It is obvious that university education can provide them with a lot of precise knowledge which is needed for them to be competent at work. Moreover, a period of not studying, regardless of its length, could discourage people from returning to school afterwards. In other words, they may find the academic journey less appealing after a period of enjoying the bliss of travelling freely or earning money. This can be detrimental in that proper education is crucial for people to advance in the constantly changing world of work.

In conclusion, it is my firm believe that the potential dangers of not going directly to college or university after finishing high school are more significant than the possible upsides.

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Average: 7.3 (1 vote)

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, first, firstly, if, may, moreover, really, so, while, for instance, in conclusion, in other words, on the other hand, that is to say

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 13.1623246493 137% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 7.85571142285 153% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 10.4138276553 77% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 7.30460921844 192% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 24.0651302605 150% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 51.0 41.998997996 121% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1641.0 1615.20841683 102% => OK
No of words: 329.0 315.596192385 104% => OK
Chars per words: 4.98784194529 5.12529762239 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.25891501996 4.20363070211 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73612287401 2.80592935109 98% => OK
Unique words: 181.0 176.041082164 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.550151975684 0.561755894193 98% => OK
syllable_count: 511.2 506.74238477 101% => 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: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.76152304609 126% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 32.1886108223 49.4020404114 65% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.4 106.682146367 103% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.9333333333 20.7667163134 106% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.46666666667 7.06120827912 134% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.15621043292 0.244688304435 64% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0515596997765 0.084324248473 61% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0369345962395 0.0667982634062 55% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0975886377406 0.151304729494 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0107698218045 0.056905535591 19% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.0 13.0946893788 99% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 50.2224549098 100% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.3001002004 102% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.66 12.4159519038 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.61 8.58950901804 100% => OK
difficult_words: 82.0 78.4519038076 105% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 9.78957915832 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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