Navigating the Academic Break

Task 1:

Explaining the choice of the question

The question regarding advantage and disadvantage of year gap in education for travelling or working is chosen to be discussed because it is seen that many students face confusion in taking decision regarding the way a year break would affect their academics and further progression in career. This is because in many multi-national companies it is seen that students are avoided to be recruited if they have year gap during the academics as they consider it to be poor qualification (Csáfordi et al. 2018). However, in many companies, the year gap of the students is avoided to be considered as they look after the performance and skill of the individual in academics to be able to get recruited. Moreover, being a working mother it has become difficult for me to manage academics and work along with child responsibility at the same time. Thus, by exploring the question I can develop the knowledge regarding the pros and cons to be faced if I decide to take break for a year due to work and afterwards wish to continue my academics.

Task 2:

Understanding the Essay Question

Interpreting the meaning and effectiveness of specific question

The background of the question mentions that in few countries the academic system followed allows young individuals to travel or work for one year between their final completion of study at the university. On the basis of this background, it is mainly asked in the question is to determine how such a decision to take break before the final semester or year in the academics is going to work in advantage and disadvantage for the specific individual. The effectiveness of the question for the students is that through it they are allowed to develop perspective about the good as well as bad aspect to be faced with such decision to take break before finals.

Identifying proper terms and concepts regarding specific question

The instruction of the question is to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of year gap in between final of academics. This means the question is mainly asking to elaborate or talk about the different pros and cons to be faced through the decision. The topic words of the question are advantages and disadvantages of year gap for work and travel and the restricting words are in between the final year of the academic in university.

Task 3

Planning the Essay

Introduction:

The question selected is to be interpreted by considering the key terms and meaning of the words used in it.

The advantage and disadvantage concepts related to taking break between final years in the University that is provided in some is the key concept to be explored from the question.

At first the advantage faced by students with taking break for one year to travel or work in between final year of the University will be mentioned. After it, the disadvantage to be faced with the situation will be focussed.

Paragraph 1:

Points:

Advantages are focussed

Topic sentence is introduced

Advantage of the action that students are able to explore more

Have mental relief

Evidence:

Students during study in classroom has minimised thinking

Some students feel forced to study

Explanation:

Exploration allow students identify what they wish to perform

Break allows students to focus on what they actually want rather than study

Sources:

Olsson, L.E., Friman, M. and Ettema, D., 2018. Quality of life and daily travel: An introduction. In Quality of Life and Daily Travel (pp. 3-13). Springer, Cham.

Tavares, O., Sin, C., Videira, P. and Amaral, A., 2017. Academics’ perceptions of the impact of internal quality assurance on teaching and learning. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 42(8), pp.1293-1305.

Paragraph 2:

Points:

Advantages are focussed

Social and communication skill improved

Manage uncertainties in life

Evidence:

Get confronted with varied individuals at work for travel

During travel they get into problematic situations from which they have to personally escape

Explanation:

Advantages are focussed

Interaction with varied with different language leads to learn different social skills and way of interaction

Experiences in travel or work leads students to learn coping uncertainties in life

Sources:

Chen, C.C. and Wang, Y.C., 2019. Perceptions of Travel Importance, Benefits, and Constraints in Predicting Travel Behavior: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Leisure Travel. Tourism Review International, 23(1-2), pp.1-12.

Zhao, P. and Zhang, Y., 2018. Travel behaviour and life course: Examining changes in car use after residential relocation in Beijing. Journal of Transport Geography, 73, pp.41-53.

Wu, J., Law, R., Fong, D.K.C. and Liu, J., 2019. Rethinking travel life cycle with travel career patterns. Tourism Recreation Research, 44(2), pp.272-277.

Paragraph 3:

Points:

Advantages are focussed

Broaden horizons

Have Fun

Greater practical understanding of theoretical knowledge

Evidence:

The horizons for thinking are broadened as students are able to get more exposure in the work during travel or work

Break helps students overcome tension

Working requires theoretical knowledge to be applied to perform it

Explanation:

Since there are no rules or restrictions towards the scope of thinking and implement ideas at work or during travel the students horizon of thinking is broaden

Students who are forced to study monotonously in travel or work experiences fun with the break

Sources:

Venter, D. and Kruger, S., 2017. Do travel motives and life domains have an influence on visitors’ quality of life attending a heritage event. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 6(3), pp.1-15.

Zarabi, Z., Gerber, P. and Lord, S., 2019. Travel Satisfaction vs. Life Satisfaction: A Weighted Decision-Making Approach. Sustainability, 11(19), p.5309.

Paragraph 4:

Points:

Disadvantages are focussed

Lack of interest in studies

Failure in grades and performance

Evidence:

Students travelling or work do not wish to leave the places or profession

Get addicted to substances

Explanation:

Students working feel if they leave work they will lose their self-sufficiency and those travel feels they would lose their free-will to live making them avoid showing interest to participate in students and leave it in the middle

Substance abuse during travel or work makes students addicted to it and avoids coming back to students where they would be unable to perform it.

Sources:

Susilo, Y.O., Liu, C. and Börjesson, M., 2019. The changes of activity-travel participation across gender, life-cycle, and generations in Sweden over 30 years. Transportation, 46(3), pp.793-818.

Fry, J. and Bloyce, D., 2017. ‘Life in the travelling circus’: A study of loneliness, work stress, and money issues in touring professional golf. Sociology of Sport Journal, 34(2), pp.148-159

Conclusion

Summarisation of the content is important to allow understanding what the easy is informing

Advantages are highlighted

Disadvantages are highlighted

Writing the Essay

Young people are often found to be overburdened with academic responsibility and uncertainty regarding their future after completion of academics. Thus, in few universities around the world, the students are allowed to take a year break for travelling or work in between their final year of academics in the university. The key aim of the essay is to explore the way the decision is going to affect young individuals in their life. Thus, the advantages and disadvantages regarding the decision of year break in academics when allowed are to be discussed so that the young people are able to take proper decision whether or not they wish to take a break.

In Universities, that encourages students to take year break for studies in between final year for travelling or work creates advantage for the students to explore and determine what they actually wish to perform in the future. This is because during the break students while travelling or working comes in contact with varied practical experiences which they are unable to experience while studying in the confined classroom (Olsson et al. 2018). Thus, facing the real world making the young people develop additional knowledge apart from the books to determine what they actually wish to execute in life. As argued by Tavares et al. (2017), few students are found to be forced to learn in a confined environment in the classroom irrespective of their wish to execute it. In this case, a year break from the studies in between final year is advantageous to create mental relief for the young people. This is because it brings opportunity for them to develop and implicate their creative ideas to execute actions they wish to perform other than participating in academics to gain knowledge where their ideas are unable to be explored.

The year break in between final year when used for working or travelling has advantage for the young individuals to be able to improve their social and communication skills. This is because during travelling as well as in the workplace the young individuals are able to get access for interaction with diverse number of people who have different perspective and thoughts regarding life along with speak varied languages. The condition leads young people to learning new phrases, develop understanding regarding various social skills and customs existing in the society, determine how different people think and others to enhance their communicative and social skills (Chen and Wang, 2019). The young people at work or while travelling is found to get stuck in various problematic situations where activities are not going to work as they have planed. The condition leads them to learn the way to cope such uncertainties in life (Wu et al. 2019). In addition, the young people while working or travelling have opportunity to explore new places where they know none and have to use their presence of mind to gain confidence in controlling such situations (Zhao and Zhang, 2018). Thus, the advantage of taking academic break for year before final year in the university creates advantage for the young people to boost their confidence and develop greater tolerance regarding uncertainty.

The year gap from the university for working or travelling creates advantage for young people to broaden their horizons. This is because working or travelling helps young people to meet people from different cultures which offer them opportunity to see daily life challenges from a different aspect (Zarabi et al. 2019). The advantage of year gap is that it allows the students to have fun by getting break from the monotonous academic environment where grades are mainly judged to value a person (Venter and Kruger, 2017). Thus, year break creates opportunity for young people to break free from academic norms and customers to explore something new. The advantage of year gap in between final year of academics for young people is that it allows them to develop better understanding of theoretical knowledge learned in the academics. This is because in the gap while working or travelling the young people applies their theoretical knowledge to perform activities in the real world making them understand through analysis how the theories are developed and to what extent they are true in turn boosting their understanding of knowledge learned.

Apart from the advantages regarding year break in studies, there are few disadvantages are involved too. One of the disadvantages of taking year break in studies is that it disrupts the normal education process which results individuals to lack interest in continuing their further education with zeal (Fry and Bloyce, 2017). This is because young people when initiates to work in the year gap feel confused to go back to studies as they experience leaving work would lead them lose financial self-sufficiency as well as develop uncertainty for future regarding whether they would be able to get further work after completion of studies. Another disadvantage of leaving studies for a year to travel or work is that it leads students to face difficulties in re-adapting to the environment. This is because students feel going back to academics would again create restrictions on their creative thinking and skills implication, in turn, making them feel bored to study and perform in hindered manner (Susilo et al. 2019). Moreover, young people while working or travelling in year gap from universities show inclination to involve in bad habits as there are no restrictions on their actions (Susilo et al. 2019). This aspect creates disadvantage for the students taking year gap by making them face hardship in further continuing the studies due to development of addiction towards substance use they fail to show proper performance in studies.

The above discussion informs that year break from studies in between final year for young people to travel or work creates advantages such as betterment of social communication, exploration of creative skills, ensure peace of mind, broaden horizon, develop creative thoughts and others. This is because they are able to break free from theoretical academic environment to real-world possibilities. The disadvantages of the condition are that many young people discontinue their further education, show less interest in performing well in academics and others. This is because break from studies makes the young people develop disengagement with academics and its restricted rules.

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References

Chen, C.C. and Wang, Y.C., 2019. Perceptions of Travel Importance, Benefits, and Constraints in Predicting Travel Behavior: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Leisure Travel. Tourism Review International, 23(1-2), pp.1-12.

Csáfordi, Z., Lőrincz, L., Lengyel, B. and Kiss, K.M., 2018. Productivity spillovers through labor flows: Productivity gap, multinational experience and industry relatedness. The Journal of Technology Transfer, pp.1-36.

Fry, J. and Bloyce, D., 2017. ‘Life in the travelling circus’: A study of loneliness, work stress, and money issues in touring professional golf. Sociology of Sport Journal, 34(2), pp.148-159.

Olsson, L.E., Friman, M. and Ettema, D., 2018. Quality of life and daily travel: An introduction. In Quality of Life and Daily Travel (pp. 3-13). Springer, Cham.

Susilo, Y.O., Liu, C. and Börjesson, M., 2019. The changes of activity-travel participation across gender, life-cycle, and generations in Sweden over 30 years. Transportation, 46(3), pp.793-818.

Tavares, O., Sin, C., Videira, P. and Amaral, A., 2017. Academics’ perceptions of the impact of internal quality assurance on teaching and learning. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 42(8), pp.1293-1305.

Venter, D. and Kruger, S., 2017. Do travel motives and life domains have an influence on visitors’ quality of life attending a heritage event. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 6(3), pp.1-15.

Wu, J., Law, R., Fong, D.K.C. and Liu, J., 2019. Rethinking travel life cycle with travel career patterns. Tourism Recreation Research, 44(2), pp.272-277.

Zarabi, Z., Gerber, P. and Lord, S., 2019. Travel Satisfaction vs. Life Satisfaction: A Weighted Decision-Making Approach. Sustainability, 11(19), p.5309.

Zhao, P. and Zhang, Y., 2018. Travel behaviour and life course: Examining changes in car use after residential relocation in Beijing. Journal of Transport Geography, 73, pp.41-53.