Self-studying
- The Synesthetes
- Aug 27, 2020
- 2 min read
What is the secret behind studying well? The answer is not as complicated as people may expect: it is self-studying. This ability seems simple and easy to follow at first but in fact, it requires a great deal of effort and determination to study on your own.
Obviously, self-studying is the key to success. At school, teachers just provide you a limited amount of knowledge, which is just sufficient to pass the exams. Thus, in order to fulfill the desire of further knowing, students must go and find the sources themselves. These sources may include enhanced lessons and tasks which are usually not taught at school. As a result, in exams, the questions solved by using this knowledge are considered to be the boundary between normal students and gifted students.
Another benefit of self-studying is that it enhances the independence of students. In a fast-growing world nowadays, trusting others is not always the best way to deal with problems. You have to figure out the solutions and overcome matters yourself most of the time. Still, it is OK to get help from others in case of emergency. However, this can be controversial as being mistaken with being selfish and conservative. People who are selfish only think of their advantages, and conservative ones dislike changes whereas independent people are capable of relying on their own to live.
All in all, self-studying is the ability that every students should possess. What is more, it is becoming more and more essential due to the fact that both parents go to work nowadays and they have little time to catch up with their children’s studying. Consequently, students have to spend a great deal of time alone and if they don’t know what to study, he will waste a lot of time and eventually he will fail examinations.
Author: Nguyen Thanh Nam, High School for Gifted Students
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