Some people think that...

Title: Some people think that the best way to learn about life is through personal experience, while others believe that learning from books and advice is more effective.

The process of learning is pivotal in our development as te complex society we are. In the wake of it, it is asserted that the most genuine way of learning is by impersonating the experience yourself. Yet, the immediacy of our time and the amount of knowledge available render it unfeasible. The aim of this essay is to shed light onto the matter and try to elucidate what method suits the best for our current necessities.

Books and advice have won their spurs since they have been the foundations of both ancient and modern world and history. Currently, they still are the cornerstones of our learning acting as a catalyst: be it having told not to do something, so you do not have to undergo a situation that may pose a risk; or reading in just an evening a book about types of leaves preventing you from having to stroll through the forest for weeks or years to meet them all.

Nevertheless, experience bestows an extra dimension and is deemed paramount when it comes to learning a new practical skills. Science itself has proven that not only does hands-on work improve the quality of the process, but it also makes the memories of it more lingering. Furthermore, being exposed to the actual situation will capacitate you to capture the whole picture, not only the theoretical part, of the field of your interest.

From all the aforementioned, one can conclude the merge of both methods is the recipe for success. With books setting the basis of knowledge and as way of exposure to it, and experience giving the final touch to master your abilities.