Many students choose to take a gap year before starting university, to travel or gain work experience. Do you think this is a goood idea or waste of time?

Spending a year between school and university to travel or doing social work to gain knowledge is some year around trending, beside the benefits there are also many contrary opinions. This essay agrees that a break before attending university is a good opportunity for developing personality and swelling life experience. The essay will discuss some activities the student can do during a gap year and the benefit of their activities.

During a year traveling is an exciting choice for many students. Students can try to travel abroad to learn a new language in a nation and learn about the traditions and history of that nation. Because of the variety of the world culture, learning about a new culture can help you enlarge your knowledge of society and have new friends for example learning Italian and the Italy renaissance painting culture which can be a benefit for you if you going to be an artist. Besides, the student can travel to the city where they will attend the university at there and get used to living in that city by finding an apartment and preparing for the university.

The second idea is that students can spend time working in a volunteer organization, the student has to work voluntarily for the community or help poor people in the remote area, this can be a good opportunity for the student to get new friends, gain perception about life and have new life skills. Because of working in an organization, the student is required to train their responsibilities and teamwork skill, through voluntary time the student can organize their lifestyle to be more independent and have responsibilities at work.

In conclusion, I agree that giving yourself a year traveling or doing social work before attending university time is a modern and great trend that is worth trying with many benefits you can receive. The experience, perception, and friends you get from the break can help you a lot in the future when you study at the university and your job in the future.