When I was preparing the entrance exam of my university after I graduated from high school, I had friends who studied for the same university. For a year, I studied with them. It was so helpful because if we couldn’t understand something in class, we taught to each other. Sometimes we made questions for each other and that helped us understand deeply. Also we often discussed what we learned. Whether you can explain is a good criteria of understanding, so this also helped us to learn.
This community was good not only for studying but also for our mental health. If you study alone throughout a year, possibly you will be sick and hate studying because all you do is just study. However, fortunately I made friends and when I felt exhausted of studying, I was able to feel refreshed by just chatting with them.
Some people say that studying in a cram school for a year for entrance exam should be tiring terrible experience and they want to avoid doing that, but I don’t think so. Finally I successfully entered the university with most of my friends, and thought that that whole year was not so tiring boring but a great experience. I learned a lot and improve with each other with friends.
I did not want to study cram school eve when I was in high school and avoided doing that. But after reading your post, I regretted a little.
ReplyDeleteCool! I think it is important for us there are some people we can do something together.
ReplyDeleteWhen I prepared for the entrance exam, I focused on my studying too much and I often felt isolated. You are good at overcome a challenge with people around you!
ReplyDeleteI strongly agree with you. I was a "Ronin" for two years, haha. I also made friends with my classmates and we have been good friends since then.
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