It is said that "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? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

There is a popular saying that

information

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the information

gotten from books

are

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is

limited. It is widely believed that

aquired

gotten through environmental forces

acquired

intelligence received from

experience

is different from reading mainly because of personal encounters and contacts. I am of the opinion that

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the information

gotten from

experience

is more essential to individuals of

this

generation because many people spend more time going through life than reading about past events. There are many

aquired

gotten through environmental forces

acquired

wisdom from experiencing a situation or an event personally than reading from a source. The major upside to

this

is personal encounter.

In other words

, an individual does not fully know about a situation that he or she has not personally

withnessed

be a witness to

witnessed

. Take

for example

, the 2010, Twin tower bombings, many people read about these

bombings but

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bombings, but

could not feel the impact

this

had on the survivors.

Thus

, resulting in personal encounter as a more efficient way of understanding events than reading.

On the contrary

, reading different reliable materials would give limited understanding about a particular situation or event. Take

for instance

, the world war 2, in 1976, most people read about the events that

occured

come to pass

occurred

during

this

period giving

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period, giving

a great view of activities that were carried out during these periods. Many youngsters of

this

generation would probably never

experience

another historical

moment but

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moment, but

due to available resources, they can read about these events

thus

, giving them a better view and understanding of those moments. In conclusion, both ways produce comprehension of

events

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events, however

however

, there are limited understandings and insights of these events in reading materials than in personal

experience

of

such

events.