Some people say that it is better to learn by oneself without any supporters because they could concentrate better on their study without any interference. However, I strongly believe that a teacher is necessary for learning. The rationale behind this thinking is that people can efficiently manage their advantages and weakness and effectively study through a teacher.
First of all, teachers help to fortify advantages and make up for disadvantages. Individuals have strongpoint and shortcomings different from other people. However, it is limited and difficult for them to find out all of their strength and weak points. So, it is necessary to need some supporters to seek such things with them, such as teachers and friends. In my case, when I was in high school, I was not good at a language class. At that time, I thought the reason was that I had shortage skills to read quickly. So, I tried to improve only the ability, but I could not have as good grades in the language class as I expected. However, my teacher's advice, which is that the problem of me is understanding, not the speed reading rapidly, was able to have positive effects on my grades. So, if there had been the teacher's aid, it could have been difficult to recognize my weakness. Thus, this is a clear indication for why it is better to learn with a teacher.
In addition, learning with a teacher is effective for study. Generally, students could learn easily and quickly through teachers' explanation. On the other hand, without teachers, it would take more time to understand and study something. Especially, in the case which they should solve some problems impossible to settle by themselves, they could waste much time with keeping the problems for a long time. According to a report released by the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Department in Korea, about 74% of the number of students have one or several private lessons. This tendency in which they prefer private lessons shows they can learn better by attending extracurricular work rather than learning by themselves. Also, the students say that they could learn more easily and quickly through teachers. Therefore, this evidently indicates how a teacher is helpful for learning.
In conclusion, I wholeheartedly think that having teachers has positive effects on learning. The reasons are not only that teachers help to reinforce strongpoint and supplement weak points but also that it is possible to learn effectively through them. |