Books and experience are the two primary sources of knowledge, however, both of them have certain advantages and disadvantages. Personally, I believe that what is learned from experience is more important. I feel this way for two main reasons which I will explore in the following essay.
First of all, undoubtedly books can be regarded as a reliable source of information about various subjects; nevertheless, they only provide theoretical knowledge rather than practical, and, unfortunately, this kind of knowledge cannot be directly applied in our daily lives. In contrast, in everyday life the key to success is to possess practical knowledge. My personal experience is a compelling example of this. A few years ago, when I had just graduated, I started searching for a job. In spite of the fact that I got my degree in one of the best universities in my country, it proved rather hard for me to land a job. In other words, most companies required having some previous relevant experience, no matter what kind of education you had received. Also, shortly after I started working, I noticed that most of the knowledge I had acquired during my student life was completely irrelevant to the tasks I had to perform in my workplace. My job there was about solving problems, not just reading about them, and, apparently no book could help me to deal with the situations which I encountered. As a result, I had to seek advice from experienced employees.
Secondly, it is needless to say that we do not forget easily what we learn from experience. The content of different books might be helpful, but we tend to forget what we read shortly after we close these textbooks. On the other hand, the knowledge obtained from personal experience has proved to be something which remains embedded in our minds. For instance, no matter how many articles I had read about how morally wrong it is to use obscene words in different articles I usually forgot almost everything I had learned in a couple of days. However, when I accidentally cursed before my mother, I got a lesson that I will remember forever. When she heard me using this kind of words, she scolded me so much that I promised to myself that I would never use them in my life ever again. As a result, I still remember her accurate words and I adhere to what she said to me.
In conclusion, I am of the opinion that knowledge which is acquired from experience is more significant compared to the one obtained by reading books. This is because not only are we provided with practical knowledge that will benefit us in our daily lives, but also the things that we learn in this way linger in our minds.
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- TOEFL T P O 08 Integrated Writing Task 3
- 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 73
- 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 73
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Our current way of life will have a negative impact on future generations 90
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, apparently, but, first, however, if, nevertheless, second, secondly, so, still, for instance, i feel, in conclusion, in contrast, kind of, as a result, first of all, in other words, in spite of, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 15.1003584229 113% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 9.8082437276 82% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 13.8261648746 36% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 17.0 11.0286738351 154% => OK
Pronoun: 78.0 43.0788530466 181% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 62.0 52.1666666667 119% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 8.0752688172 124% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2189.0 1977.66487455 111% => OK
No of words: 464.0 407.700716846 114% => OK
Chars per words: 4.71767241379 4.8611393121 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.64119157421 4.48103885553 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.79259703663 2.67179642975 105% => OK
Unique words: 239.0 212.727598566 112% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.515086206897 0.524837075471 98% => OK
syllable_count: 693.9 618.680645161 112% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 16.0 9.59856630824 167% => OK
Article: 3.0 3.08781362007 97% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.51792114695 142% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.86738351254 107% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.94265232975 121% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 20.6003584229 102% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 20.1344086022 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 51.7562751571 48.9658058833 106% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.238095238 100.406767564 104% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.0952380952 20.6045352989 107% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.380952381 5.45110844103 190% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.53405017921 88% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.5376344086 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 11.8709677419 84% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 3.85842293907 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.88709677419 102% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.217047607206 0.236089414692 92% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0656459185497 0.076458572812 86% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0686774716526 0.0737576698707 93% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.15287183106 0.150856017488 101% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0420555501963 0.0645574589148 65% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.9 11.7677419355 101% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 58.1214874552 99% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 10.1575268817 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.1 10.9000537634 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.23 8.01818996416 103% => OK
difficult_words: 103.0 86.8835125448 119% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 10.002688172 120% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.0537634409 107% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.247311828 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5 paragraphs with 3 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:
para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: conclusion.
So how to find out those reasons. There is a formula:
reasons == advantages or
reasons == disadvantages
for example, we can always apply 'save time', 'save/make money', 'find a job', 'make friends', 'get more information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.
or we can apply 'waste time', 'waste money', 'no job', 'make bad friends', 'get bad information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.
Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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