revised 2nd time

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 my opinion, which source is more important? Why?

I have learned many lessons from different experiences in my life. Through my experiences in the stock market, I lost money on mutual funds and stocks. Now I know how to handle my money and where to invest it. Instead of investing in stock, now I invest in others. I told my children about my experience, for them to avoid the same problems and to make their life easily.

A good book is recorded experience by the writer. That's why we learn from books and help ourselves. People can learn good things from good books. Not everything is contained in books but they can obtain knowledge from books. We can learn about other people’s experiences from books which saves our time and energy.

If a person makes a major mistake and writes about it, we as readers can avoid the mistakes they made. For example, a person writing about suffering from drug addiction informs people about the dangers of drug abuse.

I always encourage my children to read good books. I bought them Encyclopedias Britiannica when they were in high school. In Encyclopedia Britiannica, there are many thoughts and experiences from intelligent people. Readers just read and learn it. A book might take a writer ten or twenty years to write. It can take a lifetime to write the book. Why don’t readers take advantage of this to gain knowledge? A good book is like eating a concentrate vitamin pill. It promotes good mental growth.

To choose a book is very important. We must be careful to choose a good book. A good book might be recommends by a professor or The New York Times. Not all books are good. It can be a waste of time or have negative result. Therefore, to choose good book is important. Not everything that is learned is contained in books, but in my opinion, knowledge gained from books is more important than knowledge gained from experience.