Studying in fast food restaurants... you can concentrate?

hehe^_^ I was once a student too, and i also tried that once too.. lol=D I often see students studying at fast food resturant and i thought it was kinda fun.. lol=D

So i tried it out once when i was in secondary 2, and we were in macdonalds.. We meant to start but finishing our lunch, but we ended up talking to each other till about 3 before we embarked on our homework and revision.. lol=D But barely half an hr later, we are back to talking and eating again, and wasting the day doign nothing.. lol=D

Since then, i no longer hang out at fast food resturants to study as it's also a waste of money to keep buying food or drinks in order not to be chased out by the staffs there.. lol=D

But there was once i tried to study out when i was in poly, and i did managed to study, but it was also more of a convenience for me because i can smoke as i study.. lol=D It's much more productive for me in that sense, during that time.. hehe^_^

i usually prefer studyin alone at my place.. i dont even lyk studyin in groups of 3 or 4.. i am not able to concentrate with loadz of ppl around me.. so i prefer studyin alone.. and some of my frnz go to restaurants wid their girl friends so dat dey can spend sum time together and even study a bit..

No fast food restaurants - but I used to study at a coffee shop. I really liked being there with the smell of coffee and the older med talking abut politics and other things around them. I miss it now when I'm not studying anymore. I miss both the men that had so many great things to say and the atmosphere in the coffee shop.

I hate to be at the library since I like to drink coffee or tea when studying and I can't stand the silence!

Sometimes i like to study or stay in food restaurant. Here are the reasons why i choose fast food reataurant.
When i was brokenhearted, suffering from insominal, it was hard time to calm down to study. So i went to fast food restaurant where i would never feel lonely. Too many people, backgroud music, and incessant conversations. It seems these people stay with me in that hard time.
In this hard time, the silence can kill the sad people.The only thing i must to do is taking my MP3. Put on the earphones, the noises gone. ALL of these, make me feel better, can get calm down to study.

My student days were donkey years ago when fast food franchise was not born yet in my place. I think that place is the last place any student should be in to do their studies. I don't understand why they choose to be there in the first place and what image do they really want to project studying in the most crowded and noisiest place on earth. I think the teenagers nowadays are not too serious and are happy with the atmosphere surrounded by the fine decor of the place and at the same time to have an eyewash on the high traffic that comes in and out of the restaurants. During my college days I spend my time studying in the comfort of the college library. I think libraries are the most conducive place to study.

I never studied in a fast food resturant but I did like the TV or radio on. Some people like a commotion going on but I think the fastfodd resturant would be a little to much for me to study in.

i have not tried it. usually i just eat inside a restaurant and have some chit chat with friends. and i have tried reading newspapers inside it but i was not able to concentrate cause i feel conscious of people looking at me when i am trying to read. i don't know what they are thinking when they see me holding a newspaper with my eyes fixed on the paper. like i feel that they may thought i am trying to act some kind of studious person. so mostly i just try to read or go through the pages and just try to see the content but will just read it later when i get home. so i don't think that i will be able to concentrate stydying inside a restaurant. but for fine dining where the people are more quite i might. so i guess it will depend on the place.

When I was about 12, I used to live in a restaurant where there would be people (mostly drunk) who would sing in the karaoke every night. I got used to the noise and was able to concentrate on my studies. That was back then. Now it seems like I couldn't concentrate too much if there is noise and I need to be in a private place when I am studying.

Hi ah gong,

I beg to differ.

I used to like studying at noisy places. Fast food restaurants are a good choice of location but unfortunately, most of the restaurants and outlets discriminate against students (understandably in a way) and do not allow them to study there - not even if there are no customers! It might shock some but public libraries chase away students too! If you put out a textbook, out you go! You can only read their library books there.

Anyway I find the silence at most libraries oppressive. How can people concentrate that way? Those noisy places are nice. The cacophony of noise merges into a different kind of quiet that is actually very conducive to studying.

But of course, we are all different and need different environment for concentration.

i don't think i can concentrate studying in fast food restaurants. when i was a student, i usually study in a library or in my room or in my friend's house. i never do that in a fast food restaurant although i have seen this trend during my time.

i think choosing a fast food restaurant to study is just an excuse to hang out with friends & doing all other things like playing music, chit-chatting, looking around for the opposite s*x, etc... the only difference maybe is that you are doing all that with your books open? LOL!

but no doubt there are people really feel more comfortable & effective studying in fast food restaurants instead of other places...