▶ Your Answer :
Although there is
no complete consensus that has been reached on this topic, yet I would like to
take a stance and make my agreement with the given thesis that people would
come up with better solutions if they work as a group. In order to substantiate
my central focal points, I will provide specific reasons and explore the given
topic in great detail in this essay.
To begin with, I firmly believe
that better solutions will come out, working together with group. As a group,
people would be able to discuss diverse opinions with group members and it will
bring about better solutions. Opponents of my perspective claim that working
individually to solve problem is better, because they do not need to care about
others’ opinions. Proponents of this view several points as the rationales for
their argument and their argument might have some validity. But after closer
look, there exists an abundance of examples that calling into question what
they claim. Among such examples, my personal experience can elucidate their
incorrect viewpoint. I had to prepare for the history project when I was a
middle school student. Once, a presentation project was given to me not as a
group project, but individual task. However, preparing for the project,
including research and making a clear sentence was somewhat difficult for me to
do it individually. As a result, my score for the project was not really good.
After the project had have done. I received one more project from same class,
and it was not individual task, but group project. My group members and I
discussed for the given topic, and it was much easier to deal with the project,
and result was much better than that I have done it by myself. This validates
my earlier contention that working as a group will bring about better solution.
The account of mine that I
illustrated above is not the only evidence to support my view. A recent survey
conducted by one of the leading educational firms in Korea endorsed my opinion
when the survey respondents were asked whether they sided with the argument
that people can come up with the better solution when they working as a group
or not. A leading education expert claims that people will get better result
and solution to the problem when they work and cooperate with their group
members. This is because, even though one person’s idea and solution are really
good, there will be at least one weak point. If people work together as a
group, their idea and solution will be much better because they will not only
consider their own opinion, but also their group members’ opinions as well. The
reason why it is has positive effect is that the group members will be able to
complement weak points of each member’s opinion, also improving strong points
of their solution.
In conclusion, in spite of the fact
that there may be some opinions that working individually would be more
beneficial to come up with better solution, taking into account of all the
factors that I described above, we may reach to the conclusion that people
would be able to come up with better solutions when they work and cooperate
with group members. |