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/^t/Maybe the idea is worth analysing. Individual guided study allows the children to choose subjects they want to study at schools, to choose problems they are interested in and want to learn more about them. A special questionnaire carried out in primary and secondary schools in one of the cities in the south of Poland showed that young people receive better marks and are more eager to learn those subjects which they consider to be useful in their future jobs. So with the individual choice of problems the results of learning would be higher. Individual study decreases the number of subjects so the students are not so overworked as nowadays. According to the same questionnaire an average Polish student spends 4-6 hours a day doing homework and preparing materials for the next school day. Classes are too numerous, there are 30 to even 39 pupils in one class, the situation which unables the teachers to treat students individually. Sometimes the teachers do not know the names of their students so how can we ask them to know students real problems and needs. Again individual study solves that problem and gives the possibility to concentrate on an individual person, to adjust the syllabus to his rate of learning, to choose the proper methods, techniques and materials. That way of study gives fantastic possibilities to intelligent and really gifted students who can acquire the knowledge at their speed "running" through its stages and not being obliged to wait for the rest of the class. Not very clever students are able to study slower and are not stressed or laughed at by others.