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? While knowledge gained from experience and from books are both indispensable, if I have to choose one, knowledge learned from experience would come prior to that learned from books. Just like the Chinese idiom tells: “It is better to travel far away than to study a lot of books.” The idiom expresses similar view point. There are several points can show us why experiences are valuable, and the limit of books can provide. First of all, for me, only those I have applied or adapted to what I encountered can I say I really learned. Recall the education process, there were always examples to help explain one concept, and there must be questions in different applications in exercises, homework or exams. The purpose of those examples and questions here is to help students adopt the concept or knowledge behind to real world easily. Examples and designed cases are the first step for students to “experience” the knowledge in daily life, and through it they can learn how to draw a conclusion from various things as well. In those years of study, it was found that by doing projects, I not only corrected my misunderstanding, but also cleared some details of knowledge taught on books. Thus, it shows experiences help people learn more completely. Second, some things simply cannot be expressed in words or be recorded in the books. Everyone has his/her way to interpret the same things, and it is hard to be expressed in words. For example, in spite of huge mount of research and analysis, athletes can not become swifter or achieve perfect movements by reading books. Books can provide a lot of tips, but only from experience athletes can gain the vital, subtle comprehension. Another good example is the originality. No book can teach people the originality. The best—and maybe the only—way to stimulate the originality is to try and to experience everything. By the two examples above it shows that although books can indeed record a lot of knowledge, they have limit for expressing or recording some important skills or character. Finally, in most cases, knowledge learned from experience is much more impressive to people. Answers which are found out by one’s own will be remembered much longer than those are provided by others. Because of the complete thinking process and the individual way of comprehension which suits for one specifically, the knowledge can often keeps in mind longer, and is easier to be applied on different occasions. Thus, it is also a strong support to the importance of experience. According to the discussion of previous paragraphs, it can be concluded that knowledge gained from experience, because part of it enhances people to thoroughly comprehend what they learn from book, and part of it can not be acquired through other ways, plus that what learned from experience usually last much longer, I would say that what gained from experience comes prior to that gained from books. -- ▽×Ｅ＝－δＢ／δｔ ∮Ｅ‧ｄｌ＝－δ（∫Ｂ‧ｄｓ）／δｔ ▽×Ｈ＝Ｊ＋δＤ／δｔ ∮Ｈ‧ｄｌ＝Ｉ＋δ（∫Ｄ‧ｄｓ）／δｔ ▽‧Ｄ＝ρ ∮Ｄ‧ｄｓ＝Ｑ ▽‧Ｂ＝０ ∮Ｂ‧ｄｓ＝０ --

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