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?

It is a well known saying that “The pen is mightier than sword”. Saying like
this
try to explain that books contain great
knowledge
or you can achieve great wisdom by reading books. Of course, the books impart
lot
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lots
of
wisdom but there is
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wisdom, but there is
certain amount
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a certain amount
of
knowledge
that needs to be obtained by experiments. In the following essay I would be discussing about the same. In our system of education we start fundamentally
by
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with
books. We see the pictures of the objects in the books, we start to read with the help of books, we start writing in the books.
Knowledge
gained by the reading, writing and learning from the
books forms
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books, forms
the base for our
further
education and learning. Without
this
we cannot imagine any other design or structure which would be suitable for the education system.
In contrast
to
this
, not everything can be learnt by reading the books. Imagine someone who wants to pursue music only keeps on reading a book about how to play an
instrument but
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instrument, but
not trying the hands on the instrument itself. He will never form any melody or improvise any of his
knowledge
. It is said that “practice makes the man perfect” and in order to practice, you must make keep the books aside and experience the real thing. A soldier at war might learn how to shoot by reading about it, but when he goes to fight in the battlefield number of situation will arise about which he read nothing in the book and
then
his chances of surviving will depend only on what he had learnt from his experience and past mistakes. As someone pursuing a career in science, I myself believe that you need
knowledge
from the experience
in addition
to the
knowledge
from the books to succeed in life.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • comprehensive
  • structured
  • well-researched
  • theoretical foundation
  • practical application
  • surface-level
  • firsthand
  • synergy
  • practical skills
  • field of study
  • learning styles
  • career path
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