some think that people learn better by themselves than from the help of a teacher. Do you agree or disagree?

I feel that some work is needed to be learned by yourself to truly understand it. A teacher is there to guide the student to help him/her get to the right answer. So I think its a mix between individual work and help from a teacher. Life skills that are learned everyday should be discovered by the individual. When it comes to academics a teacher is needed.. It all really depends on the person and the subject being taught though and really its up to the student learning the subject.