4. It has been said, "Not all learning takes place in the classroom." Compare and contrast knowledge gained from personal experience with knowledge gained from classroom instruction. In your opinion, which source is more important? Why?

Do you have a moment? Good. A moment is all it takes to absorb some knowledge that may affect your life. Knowledge is important. It affects our thoughts, our opinions, and our actions. According to the dictionary, knowledge is acquaintance of facts, truths, and principles. Both sources of knowledge -- from personal experience and from classroom instruction, are important. They have both similarities and differences, which will be discussed soon.

***Gaining knowledge from in-class learning and experience both take time. Although you can absorb it in an instant, it takes a long time to gain enough for your brain to be able to process complex situations and apply what you have learned.

***Although these two ways of gaining knowledge are similar in some ways, there are also differences. Classroom instructed knowledge is mostly based on hypothetical situations and are not always able to be applied in real life. However, knowledge built up from experiences are based on real situations, with real people and real problems. These situations are also based on yourself, and your own feelings and emotions. Since you have experienced it, you can also reflect on it, and gain a deeper knowledge. The wisdom gained from real situations is always useful in life.

***Combine

***In my opinion, knowledge gained from personal experience is more valuable than from classroom instruction. I believe that wisdom and common sense helps you in life more, and these two can only be gained through experience, not out of a book.

**My brain died here and I now cannot think, sorry ;_; I will finish it by tomorrow afternoon, maybe it'll be counted as late...**