 #2 (permalink) Fri Dec 24, 2010 10:08 am Re: knowledge from books vs experience |
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It has been said,/l Not everything that is learned is contained in books,/I
Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with
knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which source is more
important? Why?
During our lives we learn from many different places. In my opinion books and experience are the most important ones.
When we start to do something new there are two ways of learning. The first is THROUGH books. There we can find all the important information and focus our attention in that direction. The books give us specific details on the subject , and if we (cannot ) figure out something we can always look at the page called :“Tips”. There is a lot of useful information IN THE"TIPS" SEGMENT. Furthermore, the knowledge of many great minds is contained in books. The AUTHORS have spenT their lives providing us with information , so why should WE not use it?
On the other hand life is very dynamic think, and we (cannot) depend only on books in order to succeed. Life provides us with many different experiences and we must keep up with it. When we start to do something for the first time it can take us weeks, months or even years to understand the main idea, but once we haVE that UNDERSTANDING under our beltS, we gain something priceless , we gain the confidence that we can do whatever we want . From that point it gets easier and easier to WORK OUT the details. That is also good because we use our brains to do so.
No matter what, it is very important to know what you want and TO aim for it. From that point on it starts to get easier and easier, because there is great variety of materials on the topic, but it is also important to mix books with experience. They BOTH give confidence and knowledge on the subject.
In conclusion I would say that experience and book knowledge are important part of a person`s life and one should always keep the balance between them.
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You have covered the topic well enough, although Your punctuation is inconsistent.
I know it is a bother, but correct punctuation is a very important part of your writing. If you are lax in your punctuation you may start to be lax in other parts. I really suggest that you take more time to do more reading. That is another old point of mine that I am always extolling ... but it is truly your way to a better understanding of English sentence structure.
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