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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.

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Books
 are based on other people’s experiences and life journeys. By reading
books
 the reader gets an idea about the concept, but to learn it truly the person needs to gain
experience
 by himself. For the following reasons, I believe skills gain from
experience
 work hand in hand with knowledge gained by reading
books
 to be beneficial.
First
 of all to get knowledge about the field we want to know,
books
 are a good starter. By reading
books
 the person gets familiar with other people’s work. What they did till now. And by reading the works of different writers we can see the concept from different perspectives and get the whole picture of it. So
this
 helps us to build the
first
 stone of our learning procedure.
Although
 reading
books
, essays and articles
gives
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 us views about the topic but it is not enough to be professional and learn the concept fully. So to be an expert in the field we need to gain
experience
 through experiments. We have to make our hands dirty.
For example
, you can’t be a novelist just by reading other people's
books
. You need to pick up the pencil and start writing. You can’t be a programmer just by reading other people's jobs. You should start coding and see the result. To conclude that by reading
books
 you put the
first
 step toward professionalism. But to be one you have to make your hand dirty and start experimenting. By gaining
experience
 through trial and error you start learning. And the journey continues.
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