Study alone?

Given:

Some students prefer to study alone. Others prefer to study with a group of students. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

(You have only 30 minutes to draft and proofread your work!)

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Writing is a recursive process. Follow the steps below for the most efficient use of your writing time.

1. Quickly generate a strong opinion.
2. Generate supportive body topics.
3. Develop body details.
4. Organize paragraph order and embed transitions.
5. Formulate thesis sentence.
6. Draft introduction.
7. Draft conclusion.
8. Proofread.

The Sample Essay Draft Step by Step

1. Quickly generate a strong opinion.

If I want to learn to be a better person, I choose to study with others, but if I want to get a good grade, I choose to study alone.

2. Generate supportive body topics.

I've had bad group study experiences. I've had good solitary study experiences.

3. Develop body details.

I've had bad group study experiences. For example, when I was in a class about media law and ethics, I agreed to meet with three other classmates to review precedent court cases to be able to discuss them extensively in an essay test. Marcy, Raymond, and Hugh agreed to meet in the University of Texas Student Union at four pm. By five pm, only Marcy was still there, and we frantically copied each others notes among mustard and ketchup stains, often noticing that our notes weren't that much different, so not that helpful to each other.

I've had good solitary study experiences. For example, when I was in a class about electricity, at my own dining room table, I used a thick black felt tip pen on poster board and copied all the formulas and definitions I would need for the semester, such as Ohms Law, Resistance, Voltage, Current. I put this poster and others for other classes on the walls around my apartment, so alone, while eating or brushing my teeth, I could study.

4. Organize paragraph order and embed transitions.

The order and topics look logical as they are.

5. Formulate thesis sentence.

Studying with others and by myself have taught me I learn better alone.

6. Draft introduction.

If I have a big test coming up, which do I choose, to study with classmates or study by myself? I like the idea of making new friends and getting better at getting along with others, but if I am in school, I am there to master a subject more than to improve my social life. Studying with others and by myself have taught me I learn better alone.

7. Draft conclusion.

I learn better by myself without the distractions that others can cause. I'd rather spend time making posters than dodging blobs of mustard and ketchup. I love people, but I also love good grades. If I want to learn to be a better person, I choose to study with others, but if I want to get a good grade, I choose to study alone.

8. Proofread.

If I have a big test coming up, which do I choose, to study with classmates or study by myself? I like the idea of making new friends and getting better at getting along with others, but if I am in school, I am there to master a subject more than to improve my social life. Studying with others and by myself have taught me I learn better alone.

I've had bad group study experiences. For example, when I was in a class about media law and ethics, I agreed to meet with three other classmates to review precedent court cases to be able to discuss them extensively in an essay test. Marcy, Raymond, and Hugh agreed to meet in the University of Texas Student Union at four pm. By five pm, only Marcy was still there, and we frantically copied each others['] notes among mustard and ketchup stains, often noticing that our notes weren't that much different, so not that helpful to each other.

I've had good solitary study experiences. For example, when I was in a class about electricity, at my own dining room table, I used a thick black felt tip pen on poster board and copied all the formulas and definitions I would need for the semester, such as Ohms Law, Resistance, Voltage, Current. I put this poster and others for other classes on the walls around my apartment, so alone, while eating or brushing my teeth, I could study.

I learn better by myself without the distractions that others can cause. I'd rather spend time making posters than dodging blobs of mustard and ketchup. I love people, but I also love good grades. If I want to learn to be a better person, I choose to study with others, but if I want to get a good grade, I choose to study alone.