Why should students carefully consider taking a semester off for personal or artistic pursuits?
Taking time off could result in a loss of momentum and knowledge retention, requiring extra effort to catch up upon returning.
Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request.

### Instruction:
Why should students carefully consider taking a semester off for personal or artistic pursuits?

### Input: Not applicable

### Response:
Taking time off could result in a loss of momentum and knowledge retention, requiring extra effort to catch up upon returning.<|im_end|>