Final writing

“Knowledge is power.” No one can deny the importance of knowledge. We are human beings; we learn, we think, and we create. If we stop or even refuse to learn, we will become animals, only having physical desire, which is the difference to tell animals from human beings. We have learned a lot since we were born. We learnt how to speak our languages from our parents and family; we learnt life skills from every day of our lives; we went to schools, from elementary schools, junior high schools, senior high schools, to college, to learn the knowledge that we need to know as human beings and as a part of the world we lived in from teachers, more specifically from books. We have learned for so many years, almost for entire life. The knowledge we gained can devised into two parts, one is from books, and other is from our experience and our lives. The question is which source is more important?   

        Books contain every kind of knowledge from different part of the world, from ancient times to modern times. So much precious knowledge that human cannot remember is recorded in books. We cannot deny books are an important source to gain knowledge. That is the reason why we went to schools for years, and that’s why almost everyone will tell you to read as much as you can. Books are of importance, but sometimes if one person only has the knowledge gained from books but lack actual experience, this person may fail many things in his or her life. For example, many students in college study management as their major; they learn a lot from the books about how to manage people and companies. However, when they go into society, they are poor at manage their subordinates. Not because they did not learn enough from books, it’s because they lack experience. So I think the knowledge gained from books is more important than the knowledge gained from books.