考试作文

Which One Is More Important?
Some people argue that knowledge gained from books is more important than that gained from experience. However, some people say it is unreasonable, because not everything that is learned is contained in books. To my thinking, people really should not shut themselves up in the ivory tower of books, for they can learn something more important that can never be learned in those books. Therefore, I hold the opinion that knowledge gained from experience is more important than that gained from books.
First, knowledge gained from experience helps people make things better. As the saying goes,“experience is the best teacher”,through which, people can learn various intellective skills, how to get along with other people, how to deal with problems, how to control people’s mind, and numerous other things like that. However, books can never prepare people for these challenges in real word. Although people have abundant book knowledge, they will not necessarily live a better life. For example, Wei Yong kang, a prodigy in He Nan province, who has been admitted to a key university at the age of 13. Unfortunately, he was driven out of the school in the end, which surprised all of us. That’s exactly because he knew nearly nothing about how to deal with his daily affairs. Therefore, no matter how much book knowledge people have, he can not move even an inch without knowledge gained from experience.
Second, knowledge gained from experience is more effective and impressive than that gained from books. Generally speaking, people always gained book
knowledge by reading, listening, and speaking, so it is not practical, and easily to be forgotten. Whereas, people always gained experience knowledge by operating, which is uneasily forgotten relatively, and people can learn things more easily. For example, two people are to learn to cook. The one chooses to obtain the knowledge from reading books; another one chooses to learn to cook by practice. As can be imagined, the second one will possibly learn to cook, but the former can never know how to make a meal more delicious. Therefore, it is more effective to obtain knowledge by experience.
Third, knowledge gained from experience gives people more chances in the job market. People need experience to get a job, and people need a job to get more experience. It’s a plain fact that managers often favor applicants who have more experience. Also, we can see that they often emphasize 3 to 4 yea rs’experience in the particular field. That’s does not mean they have no requirements on book knowledge. In fact, they always require the major knowledge which is relevant to their business. However, their requirements on knowledge gained from experience are comprehensive. That also proves that knowledge gained from experience is more important than it gained from books.
Finally, some book knowledge is just based on experience knowledge, and the purpose of learning book knowledge is put it into practice. We know that some books are written depending on rich experience. Like swim, the reason why people summarize the swimming skills from lots of experience is that to teach more people to learn how to swim. Thus, lots of knowledge gained from experience is the basis of
that gained from books.
To conclude, knowledge gained from experience is more important than it gained from books, for it makes things better, and it is more effective. Besides, it gives people more chances in the job market, and knowledge gained from experience is the base of book knowledge. Thus, people should not bury themselves in books, and they should learn to gain more knowledge from experience which is essential in modern society.。