[Work] TOEFL-experience or books
It has been said, “Not everything that is learned is contained in books.”
Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained
from books. In your opinion, which source is more important? Why?
While knowledge gained from experience and from books are both
indispensable, if I have to choose one, knowledge learned from experience
would come prior to that learned from books. Just like the Chinese idiom
tells: “It is better to travel far away than to study a lot of books.” The
idiom expresses similar view point. There are several points can show us why
experiences are valuable, and the limit of books can provide.
First of all, for me, only those I have applied or adapted to what I
encountered can I say I really learned. Recall the education process, there
were always examples to help explain one concept, and there must be questions
in different applications in exercises, homework or exams. The purpose of
those examples and questions here is to help students adopt the concept or
knowledge behind to real world easily. Examples and designed cases are the
first step for students to “experience” the knowledge in daily life, and
through it they can learn how to draw a conclusion from various things as
well. In those years of study, it was found that by doing projects, I not
only corrected my misunderstanding, but also cleared some details of
knowledge taught on books. Thus, it shows experiences help people learn more
completely.
Second, some things simply cannot be expressed in words or be recorded
in the books. Everyone has his/her way to interpret the same things, and it
is hard to be expressed in words. For example, in spite of huge mount of
research and analysis, athletes can not become swifter or achieve perfect
movements by reading books. Books can provide a lot of tips, but only from
experience athletes can gain the vital, subtle comprehension. Another good
example is the originality. No book can teach people the originality. The
best—and maybe the only—way to stimulate the originality is to try and to
experience everything. By the two examples above it shows that although books
can indeed record a lot of knowledge, they have limit for expressing or
recording some important skills or character.
Finally, in most cases, knowledge learned from experience is much more
impressive to people. Answers which are found out by one’s own will be
remembered much longer than those are provided by others. Because of the
complete thinking process and the individual way of comprehension which suits
for one specifically, the knowledge can often keeps in mind longer, and is
easier to be applied on different occasions. Thus, it is also a strong
support to the importance of experience.
According to the discussion of previous paragraphs, it can be concluded
that knowledge gained from experience, because part of it enhances people to
thoroughly comprehend what they learn from book, and part of it can not be
acquired through other ways, plus that what learned from experience usually
last much longer, I would say that what gained from experience comes prior to
that gained from books.
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