英语辩论study-alone-or-with-a-group

Actually,Iprefertostudyalone.Itismoreeffectivethanstudyingwithagroupofpeople.Althoughitisfuntohavesomecompany,italsomakesithardformetoconcentrateonmystudying.Inmycollegelife,Itriedseveralwaystostudy.Ioncestudiedwithmyroommate.Heisafunnyguy.WhenIstudiedwithhim,heoftenfeltasleep.Isometimestriedtowakehimup,buthealwaysexclaimedthathehadjustclosedhiseyestorelaxalittlebit.Nevertheless,Ithoughtthatclosinghiseyesfortwohourswasdefinitelynotjustalittlebit.Ontheotherhand,Istudiedwithaclassmatetohelpherimproveherexamgrades.Sheoftenjuststudiedforoneortwohours.Then,shesaidshewasboredandhopedIcouldgoshoppingwithher.Tobehonest,Iamnotadiligentstudent.Therefore,ifsomeoneaskedmetodoanythingbutstudy,Iusuallydidnotturnthemdown.Eventually,Ifooledaroundalldaylongandhadtoburnthemidnightoilforthefinal.Sayingisonethinganddoingisanother.Allstudentsknowthatstudyingisnecessaryforpassingtests.However,fewstudentsreallyfollowthisrule.Theyhopetheycanstudytogetherandsupporteachother.Ultimately,theyjustwastetheirtimedoinganythingbutstudying.Inmyopinion,studyingaloneisboringandlonely,buteffectiveatthesametime.IacknowledgethatIcannotalwayshaveeverythingjustasIdesire.Maybesomepeoplecanstudywithagroupofpeopleandreallylearnalot.AsfarasIamconcerned,studyingaloneismychoicerightnow.However,personallyspeaking,acurtjudgmentwillsimplifytheissue.Soweshoulddiscusstheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofboththemethodsbeforedrawingaconclusion.Proponents(promotersof…)ofstudyingwithagroupmustpointoutthatpeoplewhostudyinagroupcanreceiveother'shelpmoreoften.Ialsohavesuchakindofexperienceandagreewiththeidea.Forexample,Iamaseniorstudentinhighschoolandamnotgoodatmathematics.Therefore,afterthemathclass,Iwouldliketojoinamathclub.Insuchaclub,Icanfindalargenumberofstudentsgoodatmath.Withtheirhelp,Ihavekeptupwithmyclassmatesgraduallyandoftengetahighscoreinmathtests.Whatismore,studyinginagroup,peoplecanexchangetheiropinionswitheachother.Inthisway,onecanalwaysreceivecreativeideasorconstructivecriticism.However,asmanyopponentsofstudyinginagroupsay,suchamethodwillbringadverseeffects.Letusbringourdiscussionintoapracticalandpresentcontext.Students'situationandabilityisdiversegreatly(isoftengreatlydifferent).Somereceiveknowledgeandinformationquickly,whileothersstudymuchmoreslowly.Sosupposethatyousitbesideatalentedpeople(atalentedperson),wholearn(s)muchfasterthanyou.Youmayfeelsofrustratedandlooseallconfidents(confidence).However,studyingwithfriendswholearnmuchmoreslowlythanyou,howcanyoureceivehelpfromthem?Therefore,suchadverseeffectsometimesmakesthestudyinefficient.On(the)contrary,studyingalonewillnotbringsuchasideeffect.Studentscandesignaplandependingontheirownsituation,suchastheirabilityofstudy.Inthisway,otherswillnotaffectpeopleadversely.Whatismore,study(ing)alonecanhelpusdevelopourownabilityofthinkingbyoneself,whichisthemostimportantabilityofapeopleinthefuture(forpeopleinthefuture).Relyingonotherpeopletoomuch,studentswillneverimprovethemselves.Thatiswhymanypeoplewouldratherstudyalone,thanjoinagroup.Personallyspeaking,whenIlearnsomesubjectssuchasmath,physics,chemistryorbiology,whichneeding(whichwhenneeding)creativeopinionsandideasthatcanbeobtainedfromotherpersons,Iwouldliketostudywithotherpeople.However,whenitcomestoothersubjectssuchliterature,art,ormusicappreciation,Iprefertostudyaloneandfeel(andlearntoappreciatethemasterpieces…)masterpiecesallbymyself.Whilealone,thefocusofstudycanbeeasilykept,withlittledistractionwhichalwaysaccompaniesagroupofstudents.Andatthesametime,whilereferencesareadequate,tostudyaloneisnotonlypossiblebutitisalsohelpfultocultivatetheabilitytosolveproblems,andfurthermoreenhanceone’sindependence.Moreover,bykeepingfocusanddevelopingindependence,studentsbecomemoreandmorecompetitive,whichisoftendeemedasanecessaryquality.Whenlearningwithagroup,discussinganddebatingbecomepossible,whichusuallydevelopaperfectenvironmenttodevelopcriticalthinkingskills,andwheremanyproblemscanevenbesolvedunconsciously.Whilereferencesarenoteasilyaccessible,andstudents’knowledgevariesfromonetoanother,theycancomplementeachother,andthereforesavemuchtimeandenergy.Furthermore,learningwithagroupsimultaneouslycultivesstudents’goodsenseofcooperation,whichisusuallyconsideredasanessentialvirtue.Asofme,mypreferencedependsonwhatsubjectIamlearningorthephaseinwhichIam.Differentsubjectsmaybringdifferentchoices.Forexample,ifIwaspracticingguitar,I’dbetterpracticealone.IfIwasdoingphysicalexperiments,teamworkisalwaysneeded.Differentphasesalsomakechoicesdifferent.SupposeIwaslearningaforeignlanguage.IFIwaspracticingmybasicpronunciation,I’dbetterlearnbymyself,foranadultlearner,ataperecorderisfairlyadequate.ButifIweretopracticemyspokenskills,tostudyalonewouldbeapoorchoice.Ishouldlookfororcreateanopportunitytolearnwithagroup,thereforelearnmoreeffectively.WhenIwasastudentIalwayspreferredtostudyalone.Thishelpedmedevelopindependentthinkingandself-studyabilities.IrememberwhenIwasinhighschool,ourmathteacherwouldleaveonehard-to-solvequestioneveryFridayforustosolveonweekend.Thesequestionsusuallyweredifficultandrequire