Some people believe that the best way of learning about life is by listening to the advice of family and friends. Other people believe that the best way of learning about life is through personal experience. Compare the advantages of these two different ways of learning about life. Which do you think is preferable? Use specific examples to support your preference.

From my everyday

experience

and observation I can stand that the best way of learning about life is through personal understanding.

However

, some people think that it is wiser to learn about life through listening to the advice of family and friends. It does not mean I totally disagree with

this

way of learning.

Moreover

, I think that it is wise for a person to take an intermediate position because each of these ways has its own advantages. Below I will give my reasons to support my point of view. From the

one

side, learning through

one

's personal

experience

brings many benefits.

First

of all, scientists say that personal

experience

has greater impact on a person. I have to agree with

this

. Take

for example

children. They will not believe their parents that something can hurt them until they try it and make sure of it.

Furthermore

, most likely they will remember

this

observation longer.

Second

of all, people learn how to

analyze

consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

analyse

their mistakes, make conclusions and

next

time try to avoid them. So, I think it is a great

experience

that makes people stronger, more self-confident and persistent. They gain more knowledge and

experience

that will be very helpful and valuable in the future. From the other side, listening to the advice of family and friends brings many benefits too. Parents with great patience pass down their knowledge and

experience

to their children. They teach them all they know and they want their children do not make the same mistakes.

In addition

to those practical benefits, learning from someone's advice is painless.

For example

, parents nowadays very often talk to their children about drugs. I think it is a great example when

one

should not try drugs in order to gain new

experience

. I think it is a case when children must trust their parents. To sum up, I think it is wise to combine both of these ways to learn and try to

analyze

consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

analyse

personal mistakes as well as not personal. I think together they can greatly simplify

one

's life and make the way to success shorter.