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Some people argue that experience is the best teacher. Life experiences can teach more effectively than books or formal school education. How far do you agree with this idea? Support your opinion with reasons and/or your personal experience.

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It is true that “Not everything
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 learned is contained in books.” A
person
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 can learn a lot and retain what he learns through
experience
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. In my opinion life’s valuable lessons are learnt from
experience
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 and so the
knowledge
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 gained from
experience
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 is more important. Books are a great source of information. A
person
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 in his lifetime cannot
experience
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 everything, but by reading a book on a particular subject he can gain
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 over that subject in less
time
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. There are books available on any subject that one needs.
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experience
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 seems more important to me. Suppose a
person
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 living in the United States wants to learn about India. He has two options: he could visit India and learn about the people and places there or he could just pick up a book about India and read it. The
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 option will be expensive and
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 consuming, but at the same
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 it gives one
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 hand information and a sense of satisfaction while the
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 option is less expensive and saves
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. A
person
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 can gain
knowledge
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 and learn many valuable lessons through his/her own practical experiences and
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 the experiences of others. The
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 learnt from
experience
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 is very likely to be retained in our memory for a long period of
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. The conclusions that we draw from what we learn would be from our practical
experience
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instead
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 of accepting the conclusion drawn in the book by the author.
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    • Sentence 2 - Detailed background statement
    • Sentence 3 - Thesis
    • Sentence 4 - Outline sentence
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
  • Paragraph 3 - Second supporting paragraph
    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
  • Paragraph 4 - Conclusion
    • Sentence 1 - Summary
    • Sentence 2 - Restatement of thesis
    • Sentence 3 - Prediction or recommendation

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