everyone has their own favorite study methods, and all of them have specific benefits. I am of the opinion that it is better to study alone than to study as part of a group. I feel this way for two main reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.
First of all, studying alone helps us to focus on specific areas of a subject that we are struggling with, rather than doing a broad overview of the subject. Diligent students always attend classes and communicate regularly with their professors and teachers, so they are constantly aware of which topics they need to focus on when they study. when people study in a group, everyone in the group has different needs, and the study session is required to touch on all of them. my own experience is a compelling example of this. As a freshman four years ago, I was not aware of the aforementioned drawback and found myself wasting my time studying in a group for an important European history exam. I knew that I really needed to focus on religious history, but sat uncomfortably through a group study session that progressed through political, cultural, scientific, literary and artistic history before touching only briefly on the issue of religion. As a result, I performed worse on the test than I would have if I had just studied alone.
Furthermore, when people study in a group they are easily distracted. Many people will agree that they desire to socialize rather than study when they get together with their friends and classmates. For instance, in the group I mentioned above not only did I suffer from the fact that we only touched briefly on my problem area, but certain group members (including myself) were easily drawn off-topic. we were quick to make jokes about the material being covered, or make tenuous and meaningless connections between those topics and our own lives. Thankfully I have avoided this problem since then as I have decided to always prepare for exams by myself.
In conclusion, I strongly believe that studying alone is better than studying in a group. this is because it allows me to focus on the areas that I need to, and because it helps me to avoid socializing when I should be doing real academic work.
everyone
has their
own
favorite
study
methods, and all of them have specific benefits. I am of the opinion that it is better to
study
alone than to
study
as part of a
group
. I feel this way for two main reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.
First of all
,
studying
alone
helps
us to
focus
on specific areas of a subject that we are struggling with,
rather
than doing a broad overview of the subject. Diligent students always attend classes and communicate
regularly
with their professors and teachers,
so
they are
constantly
aware of which topics they need to
focus
on when they
study
.
when
people
study
in a
group
, everyone in the
group
has
different
needs, and the
study
session
is required
to touch on all of them.
my
own
experience is a compelling example of this. As a freshman four years ago, I was not aware of the aforementioned drawback and found myself wasting my time
studying
in a
group
for an
important
European history exam. I knew that I
really
needed to
focus
on religious history,
but
sat
uncomfortably
through a
group
study
session that progressed through political, cultural, scientific, literary and artistic history
before
touching
only
briefly
on the issue of religion.
As a result
, I performed worse on the
test
than I would have if I had
just
studied alone.
Furthermore
, when
people
study
in a
group
they are
easily
distracted.
Many
people
will
agree
that they desire to socialize
rather
than
study
when they
get
together with their friends and classmates.
For instance
, in the
group
I mentioned above not
only
did I suffer from the fact that we
only
touched
briefly
on my problem area,
but
certain
group
members (including myself) were
easily
drawn off-topic.
we
were quick to
make
jokes about the material
being covered
, or
make
tenuous and meaningless connections between those topics and our
own
lives
.
Thankfully
I have avoided this problem since then as I have decided to always prepare for exams by myself.
In conclusion
, I
strongly
believe that
studying
alone is better than
studying
in a
group
.
this
is
because
it
allows
me to
focus
on the areas that I need to, and
because
it
helps
me to avoid socializing when I should be doing real academic work.