 My personal experience, but something that you learn in a social way you learn more deeply because you can connect it to people a time and a place and Remembering that you really disagreed with somebody in the class about one instance Or maybe you felt really validated when five people responded to your did he really say that what kind of comment in the margin Makes that real to you in a way that kind of trying to get through your history reading You know when you're tired at night, and you don't know anyone in the class Maybe doesn't make it as memorable and as enriching