Re: Please rate my essay (day 1)
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30 Jan 2014, 01:41
Thank you!
Here is another one, which I wrote yesterday:
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?
Learning, a fundamental human right, can be considered one of the main abilities in differentiating people in terms of their knowledge and ultimate success in life. Learning starts from ones’ early childhood and probably lasts until his very last day. This process is ultimately leading to accumulating knowledge, which is fostered by two main principles, either to read books or to gain it through life experience. In my opinion, reading books is by far the most efficient way to generate such a comprehension.
Firstly, since a very long time, people have used books to record, describe and explain their experiences. These experiences, embracing our history, have given people the basis to advance and build on an established fundament of knowledge, without the need to re-discover areas, which previous generations have already documented. Furthermore, perceived as a true heritage, books are the only source of data concerning historical events and happenings.
Additionally, the nature of books and their physical representation as group of pages coupled together implies a very easy way of archiving and, thus enabling an easiness of preservation for the future. In ancient Egypt, for example, people used an early form of a book, papyrus, to write down facts of their life’s, which nowadays represent the only existing artifacts of their civilization. This is inevitably, a true example of how early cultures utilized the enormous benefits which books give.
Finally, I believe that books are also perceived from people as a romantic way of acquiring knowledge. Truly, it’s not only the knowledge, which reading a book can bring, perhaps it is the feeling, the touch and the smell, all parts of the unique experience one reader receives while going through a nicely written novel, for example.
In conclusion, I honestly believe that books are an essential and desirable source of information in comparison to life experiences. Unquestionably, both are great ways to gain information about life and the surrounding world, but, after all, only a book could open a door to unlimited knowledge, imagination and creativity.