GAP YEAR- A good idea or not?

In class we are studying about the caps years, and we talked with a girl who lives in Sydney and she was worke withouting doing a babysitter. 

It sounds great but is it a good thing to do?

I think is a good idea because you can take a break during studies, you can discover who trutly you are, and what do you want in your live, but is it necessary? You can know what you are without this break. But in this gap year you can work and pay year own debts and that I think is a good form to mature. For example: Go to another country and learn language as go in 3rd world and discover they culture.

In contrast you do this gap year between higher education and university, that will be a problem because in year re-entry to studies it will be hard, you are not adaptated in that level od study. But if you are working and practising English not beeing at parties and turning your gap year into an infinate holidays it will be positive, however it depends on the person , I don't know if it will work for me.

In my opinion gap year is a good idea but only if you do it after University and if you work in that gap year.