Importance of knowledge gained from experience than gained from book

[Kattie]

Compare and contrast knowledge gain from experience with knowledge gained from books.
In your opinion, which source is more important? Why?
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Each and every individual in this world has different thinking and unique characteristics. Our life is surrounded by full of varieties. Everyone would have gone through from various sources that can be reading, difficulties he faced in life from various experiences, s/he went through. In my opinion, knowledge gained from experience is somewhat superior to knowledge from books. I would like to support it by following reasons.

To begin with ,Each human being has different experiences . They gain knowledge from various situations comes throughout the life. Person learns a lot from self experiences rather than book. Books are written on common topics like how to succeed or how to behave considering common factors. But as I said earlier each individual is different from each other. Here ,Not a single book works. Newborn child who comes in this world without knowing anything. When a child starts walking , eating, talking a very basic things, Does s/he refer any book? No, because s/he learns from own experience . Even if they fall down during learning period of walking, they stand up and start walking again. They do not read any book to how to walk. So gaining knowledge by experience is much more important.

Additionally, some theory, some rules and ideal situation are mentioned in books. One should have to follow according to that. But it is just a base from where you can start. It is not that u follow that only . We can expand our knowledge by exploring some ideas and put them together other then what theory suggests. For example, today we all very well delighted with technology. The founders of all technologies would have researched a lot and learnt something from their previous experiences and then invented something. If they would have limited their knowledge only up to theories given in book, then it would have not been possible. So that the knowledge gained from experience is very important then gaining knowledge from book.

At last, Everyone learns lot from experiences they came across in their life. Although the books can guide us or suggest us path for certain situation, but cannot totally feed us. I would like to end this discussion by saying that gaining knowledge from experience is a gift of god by which one can learn a lot and improve ones life.

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[Luschen]

Hi Kattie, another good essay. You addressed the topic well and included some good examples to support your arguments. You are still making some of the same mistakes though, and you have a few odd or awkward sounding phrases. Overall, I would ratet this a 3.5 out of 5.

@Kattie

Compare and contrast knowledge gain from experience with knowledge gained from books.
In your opinion, which source is more important? Why?
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Each and every individual in this world has [a ]different [way of] thinking and unique characteristics. Our life is surrounded by [variety] full of varieties.{or “our lives are full of variety”} Everyone would have gone[learned] through from various sources [such as]that can be reading [or] difficulties he faced in life from various experiences,{no comma here} s/he went through. In my opinion, knowledge gained from experience is somewhat superior to knowledge from books. I would like to support it by following reasons.{I would leave out this last sentence}

To begin with ,[ e]ach human being has different experiences . They gain knowledge from various situations [that] comes throughout the[ir] li[ves]. [ A] Person learns a lot [more] from self experiences rather than book[s ]. Books are written on common topics like how to succeed or how to behave[,] considering common factors. But as I said earlier[,] each individual is different from each other. Here ,[ n]ot a single book works.{I think you mean “Here, a single book alone will not work”} [A ]Newborn child who comes in this world without knowing anything. When a child starts walking , eating, talking[, and other] a very basic things, [d]oes s/he refer any book? No, because s/he learns from [her] own experience . Even if they fall down[ while learning how to walk] during learning period of walking, they stand up and start walking again. They do not read any book to how to walk. So gaining knowledge by experience is much more important.

Additionally, some theor[ies], some [and] rules [involving] and ideal situation[s ] are mentioned in books. One should have to follow according to that. {this sentence is a little vague} But{avoid beginning sentences with “and” or "but’} it is just a base from where you can start. It is not that u[you] follow that only . We can expand our knowledge by exploring some ideas and put[ting] them together other then what theory suggests. For example, today we [are] all very well delighted with technology. {this sentence does not strike me as true} The founders {“founders” is an odd word in this context} of all technologies would have researched a lot and learnt something from their previous experiences and then invented something. If they would have limited their knowledge only up to theories given in book[s ], then it would have not been possible. So that the knowledge gained from experience is [more]very important then gaining knowledge from book.

At last,{this is not the best transition for a conclusion} [ e]veryone learns [a] lot from experiences they [co]me across in their life. Although the {don’t use both “although” and “but” together } books can guide us or suggest us path[s to us] for certain situation[s ], but cannot totally feed us. I would like to end this discussion by saying that gaining knowledge from experience is a gift of god by which one can learn a lot and improve ones life.

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