Its ok to have a preference for a specific learning style, but just because you prefer it doesn't mean that is it more effective

This fact coincides with the sentence earlier in the piece that mentioned that students will often blame their teacher for their lack of success in learning something. I find it interesting that students feel that it is entirely the teacher's responsibility to accommodate them in their specific learning needs, when in reality, everyone should be taught on the same level or playing field, and this way everyone is strengthening their learning skills in all areas. This reminds me of teachers whose teaching styles I have loved, whereas classmates who aren't finding success in that class bashed the teacher and attributed their poor performance in the class to the teaching style being implemented. This is most likely because people who are frustrated or overwhelmed often look for something or someone to place the blame on, but the issue at hand is that some people cannot adapt to different teaching styles, which should be the main focus as opposed to having the teacher adapt to every student's learning style.

This finding is fascinating to me, and I think this shows a lot about the nature of the whole phenomena of trying to place ourselves into a particular group or learning style. This notion shows that people can have preferences toward a specific teaching style, but their preferred style is no more or less effective in retaining the information taught than another method. This also resonates with me because I used to try to figure out what kind of learner I am, but could never seem to place myself into a group; I found that all the learning styles were the same to me in terms of effectiveness. This fact also adds to the credibility of this piece because it is a fact based on a study done by a credible source, meaning that there can be no counterargument for it.

This is very interesting to me, and it seems like the issue at hand is that many teachers will try to categorize or label students, who will in turn take this information being handed to them by a teacher, who is an authority figure that they presumably trust. This could create many issues when the students identify as whatever category they've been placed into and they are more closed off to trying different styles of learning. I had never realized the adverse effects of trying to label a student's learning style, but this is got me thinking, and now reminds of the different groups students were separated into in my middle school based on their learning style. I am realizing why these groups were not particularly helpful, and the groups didn't increase students' potential or the class grade average.