When in a group we were assigned work, some students never lifted a finger while other students took the lead.
It is hell to take charge and get people together, especially in college. You had all the exprienced students and I was stuck with a bunch of a fellow freshmen who knew jack about the subject. So what happened? We messed up, with the only person who attended the class missing, and three remaining students who did not did nothing. I was soo god damn embarrassed, I think one of the students was also a pornstar. The flat fact is that if your team leader you have to force people to work together, to avoid that fricken D.
However one time in school ( grade school ) we had a
in class project to work on, and we were answering questions like no tommorow. It felt great when your in a group that pushes and pushes back, instead of a one man army. The same happened in college but in college this was a group of adults who has children, and so forth.
Then when I was studying for the regents. In my school system we have the regents, a test that bypasses students passing or failing. If you pass the regents you don't need to pass the class, but then if you fail, and your class score was high, you don't need the regents. What nobody tells you is that if you pass the regents with an extremly high score ( you can bypass classes in college ) but nobody has that information but the college advisors, whom most do not talk to......So I was studying for the regents, and I was in a group of great studying students. I had to come early to study for both sessions. We were both in groups. The point is it felt great to be in teams even if we did not know what we were doing. However the teacher came around to checkup on how everybody was doing. This was not a math regents.
So it really depends. Yes duh it feels great to study alone, but when your in a team of dedicated peoples who are able to work together you will yeild something.