Compare/Contrast Essay

It has been said, “Not everything is contained in books.” Contrast the

knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. Be sure
to support your answer.

Knowledge is a familiarity or awareness, of someone or something, such as

facts, skills, or objects contributing to ones understanding. By definition it can
refer to a theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. Practical
knowledge and theoretical knowledge are two completely distinct approaches
to knowledge.
Practical knowledge is knowledge that is acquired by day-to-day hands-on
experiences. In other words, practical knowledge is gained through doing
things; it is very much based on real-life endeavours and tasks.
On the other hand, theoretical knowledge teaches the reasoning, techniques
and theory of knowledge and it is gained, for example, by reading a manual.
While theoretical knowledge may guarantee that you understand the
fundamental concepts and have know-how about how something works and its
mechanism, it will only get you so far, as, without practice, one is not able to
perform the activity as well as he could. Practical knowledge guarantees that
you are able to actually do something instead of simply knowing how to do it.