文都网校小编为SAT考生总结了有关独立思考的写作事例，希望对备考SAT的同学有帮助。

　　Is it better for people to learn from others than to learn on their own?

　　例1：Michelangelo, reclusive, develop his own style, deny his teacher Domenico’s influence, learn from paintings and sculptures at the palace, learn from examining human bodies.

　　Key Information: The boy, however, loved to run away to sketch and watch artists at work. After three years of arguing and beatings his father gave up and sent him to study art under a prominent Florentine painter, Domenico Ghirlandaio.

　　“Lorenzo the Magnificent,” as he was known, called for Michelangelo’s father, gave him a job in the customs office, and took the 15 year-old Michelangelo into his palace. There, Michelangelo soaked in the rich culture of the ruling family and was never happier than when learning to sculpt. He did not take part in the music and dancing at the palace and considered himself to be ugly and unlikable. As a result he was often rude.

　　This made Michelangelo even more reclusive and all his energy went into studying the human form — often visiting a hospital where the local monks had given him permission to examine the bodies of the people who had died. He learned the beauty of the body and made hundreds of drawings until he knew exactly how muscles were connected and how joints moved.

　　例2：Steve Jobs, drop out of Reed college, learn what interests him most

　　Key information: It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked far more interesting.