#4 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?
There are two main channels for people to learn knowledge: from books and from experience. Generally, while knowledge gained from books is theoretical, that gained from experience is practical. It is difficult to answer which is more important to people. It depends on the phases and events of our learning. Knowledge learned from books is instructive, which perhaps cannot be learnt directly from experience. We often hear thunder and see lightning in the sky, and we can easily find out that lightning will be seen sooner than sound will be heard.
According to our experience alone, we cannot te...
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