In some countries young people are encouraged to work or travel for a year between finishing high school and starting university studies.Discuss the advantages and disadvantages for young people who decided to do this.

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In some countries young people are encouraged to work or travel for a year between finishing high school and starting university studies.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages for young people who decided to do this.

Before embarking on college many young people are advised that a year working or travelling may be a good option. This essay will suggest that saving money is the biggest advantage of this and a reduced motivation to study is the primary disadvantage.

Third level education is very expensive and lots of students decide to work for 12 months and save up money before they begin their studies. This allows them to pay for their living costs, tuition fees and accommodation and focus on their studies, rather than struggle financially or have to get a part time job on top of their academic work. The Times recently reported that the average student at a UK university requires over $12,000 per annum just to survive and many drop out because they cannot afford to stay.

Despite these advantages, many students often get used to working or travelling and don’t want to return to a life of study after a year off. This short term view can cause some to bypass university altogether and go straight into a job that is beneath their capabilities or may not offer the same prospects their future career might have done. For instance, a recent survey by the British Government found that 26% of students who take a gap-year never enter tertiary education.

In conclusion, taking a break from studies can be advantageous if it allows people to gather up savings, however, they should also be careful that it does not lead to disillusionment with education altogether.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 299, Rule ID: EN_COMPOUNDS
Message: This word is normally spelled with hyphen.
Suggestion: part-time
...n struggle financially or have to get a part time job on top of their academic work. The ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, however, if, may, so, third, for instance, in conclusion

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 10.5418719212 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 6.10837438424 131% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 8.36945812808 143% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 5.94088669951 118% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 20.9802955665 110% => OK
Preposition: 35.0 31.9359605911 110% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 5.75862068966 156% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1229.0 1207.87684729 102% => OK
No of words: 251.0 242.827586207 103% => OK
Chars per words: 4.89641434263 5.00649968141 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.98032404683 3.92707691288 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.65723611958 2.71678728327 98% => OK
Unique words: 165.0 139.433497537 118% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.657370517928 0.580463131201 113% => OK
syllable_count: 386.1 379.143842365 102% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.57093596059 95% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 4.6157635468 87% => OK
Article: 2.0 1.56157635468 128% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.71428571429 58% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.931034482759 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 3.65517241379 82% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 9.0 12.6551724138 71% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 27.0 20.5024630542 132% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 33.2636308271 50.4703680194 66% => OK
Chars per sentence: 136.555555556 104.977214359 130% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.8888888889 20.9669160288 133% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.88888888889 7.25397266985 95% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.12807881773 97% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.33497536946 19% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 6.9802955665 86% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 2.75862068966 72% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 2.91625615764 34% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.220048044405 0.242375264174 91% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0845040357569 0.0925447433944 91% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0487962798551 0.071462118173 68% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.122978269076 0.151781067708 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0516036921878 0.0609392437508 85% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.6 12.6369458128 123% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.53 53.1260098522 99% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.54236453202 135% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.6 10.9458128079 115% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.44 11.5310837438 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.81 8.32886699507 106% => OK
difficult_words: 61.0 55.0591133005 111% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 9.94827586207 141% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 10.3980295567 123% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.5123152709 124% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 85.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 76.5 Out of 90
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