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 deferment of studying can bring about some advantages. Firstly, during the period in which people work or travel, they can accumulate invaluable first-hand experiences. For instance, one’s interpersonal skills and knowledge of diverse cultural settings could be significantly improved when he or she become cross-country travellers and meet new people. These all are the advantageous values that generally cannot be obtained from the vast majority of educational programs. 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 those who choose to be gap-year takers may be faced with is their lack of experience and knowledge. It is obvious that university education can provide young people 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 furthering the education afterwards. In other words, these individuals 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 shortcomings of not going directly to college or university after finishing high school are more significant than the possible upsides.

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Average: 9.2 (2 votes)

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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 : 20.0 13.1623246493 152% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 7.85571142285 165% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 10.4138276553 86% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 7.30460921844 192% => OK
Pronoun: 35.0 24.0651302605 145% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 47.0 41.998997996 112% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1700.0 1615.20841683 105% => OK
No of words: 333.0 315.596192385 106% => OK
Chars per words: 5.10510510511 5.12529762239 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.27180144563 4.20363070211 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.80372750369 2.80592935109 100% => OK
Unique words: 192.0 176.041082164 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.576576576577 0.561755894193 103% => OK
syllable_count: 528.3 506.74238477 104% => 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: 22.0 20.2975951904 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 31.5907159358 49.4020404114 64% => OK
Chars per sentence: 113.333333333 106.682146367 106% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.2 20.7667163134 107% => 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 : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 3.4128256513 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.158671733946 0.244688304435 65% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0530628488049 0.084324248473 63% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0397942034125 0.0667982634062 60% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0969845046598 0.151304729494 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0168053123454 0.056905535591 30% => 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: 13.7 13.0946893788 105% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 50.2224549098 98% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.3001002004 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.36 12.4159519038 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.0 8.58950901804 105% => OK
difficult_words: 90.0 78.4519038076 115% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 9.78957915832 123% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.1190380762 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => 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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