Some students prefer to take a year off between school and university to work or travel Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience
It is quite common for students in many countries to take a break from studying after graduating from school. This trend is not restricted to rich students who have the money to travel but is also evident in poor students who choose to work and become economically independent for some time. This break is popularly known as Gap year. While it has its pros and cons, I believe that the pros outweigh the cons and I shall support my statement with the points in the below essay.
To begin with, a student can explore his interests before choosing a major. Chances likely are they may not know what their real interests are after leaving school. Therefore, the skills and experience that are acquired during the gap year enable students to introspect and find what they are interested in. To illustrate, students who pass directly from school to university are restricted in terms of general knowledge and life experiences. By contrast, those who have spent some time working or travelling have a broader view of life and more personal resources to draw on. They tend to be more independent which is an important factor for academic life and research. They are better equipped to face the challenges of university life. Also, money earned from working can be used to finance their education and sometimes, ease the burden of funding their university’s education off their parent’s neck.
Furthermore, a break period after secondary school has been proven to be beneficial to students by visiting different places. As a result, they are exposed to a variety of cultures, traditions, and customs which become relevant social knowledge for higher studies; For instance, in conducting a thesis about the community. Besides, it could be a rejuvenating experience for students before proceeding to the University. It is highly unlikely that they will have another opportunity or time to travel and explore as they will be engrossed in campus activities.
To conclude, even though the gap year activities require proper planning and stand the risk of being wasted, it's benefits outweigh the repercussions. Pre-university jobs and travelling are vital experiences that prepare young students for campus life and study.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, but, furthermore, if, may, second, so, therefore, while, for instance, as a result, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 13.1623246493 160% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 7.85571142285 89% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 10.4138276553 163% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 7.30460921844 137% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 24.0651302605 116% => OK
Preposition: 49.0 41.998997996 117% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1860.0 1615.20841683 115% => OK
No of words: 362.0 315.596192385 115% => OK
Chars per words: 5.13812154696 5.12529762239 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.36191444098 4.20363070211 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.80784764983 2.80592935109 100% => OK
Unique words: 203.0 176.041082164 115% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.560773480663 0.561755894193 100% => OK
syllable_count: 585.0 506.74238477 115% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 5.43587174349 202% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 16.0721442886 112% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 20.2975951904 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 39.4046747869 49.4020404114 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 103.333333333 106.682146367 97% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.1111111111 20.7667163134 97% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.22222222222 7.06120827912 88% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.67935871743 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.9879759519 125% => 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: 0.234367729259 0.244688304435 96% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0724236324238 0.084324248473 86% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0451291712747 0.0667982634062 68% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.145995066097 0.151304729494 96% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0332749916609 0.056905535591 58% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.8 13.0946893788 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 50.2224549098 102% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.3001002004 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.53 12.4159519038 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.73 8.58950901804 102% => OK
difficult_words: 94.0 78.4519038076 120% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 9.78957915832 107% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.1190380762 99% => 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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