<p>Topic: Should people make more of an effort to keep some things private?</p>
<p>Essay:
Many introverted people tend to keep their stories secret because they think that the stories are either too embarrassing or too private. However, this strategy does not work all the time. Some critics criticize that our culture has become too confessional and self-expressive, but I think this is not a negative aspect because people benefit from being confessional.</p>
<p>I used to be a very shy person who did not really share any information with my friends. Whenever I had chapter tests, I always closed the door, sat at my desk, and studied with no distraction. For history tests, I just memorized everything in my notes and got good grades. I have never gotten a perfect score, but I was satisfied at my grades. One day in my Religious Fundamentalism class, my teacher who often showed the class videos related to education in the world, showed the class a video of little Indian kids group-studying. While watching, my classmates, including I, did not consider anything special, but my teacher broke the silence after the movie: “Why are you guys just staring at the screen? Why are you not nodding as if you have learned something new and effective?” I did not really understand what he meant, but he told the class that students always benefit more from studying together than studying by themselves. I thought he was wrong because studying together with my friends wastes my own time and makes me to tell them my personal strategies of studying. Also, none of the dorm students studied together, and so I did not try the new way of studying.</p>
<p>It was the day when I got another history test back. The score was not satisfying, but I thought I would get a better score next time. At that moment, my history teacher suggested the class to study in small groups. I realized that he suggested the same method as my religion teacher. Now that I had more than one person suggesting the same thing, some of the dorm students and I decided to follow our teachers’ suggestion. When we started, we realized how much group studying was important; we heard from each other facts that we had never heard of before. We also learned that the group studying was not a waste of time, but a valuable and fun time. group studying was not as boring as studying by myself, and more effective. Proud, I finished studying for the next history test, and went to bed. </p>
<p>Next day when I took the test, the test seemed very easy. My dorm friends also thought in that way. Other students complained that the test was difficult. Later that day, my history emailed me and said I got a 100% on my test, and so as my dorm friends. I was so happy that I did not know what to do. I learned that people should not make more of an effort to keep things private because they do not see the bigger world. </p>
<p>I thought telling a story was okay too, but some of my prep teachers said I have to have scholarly information as my examples…</p>