Graduate / 'Learning is an essential pathway to success' - compare and contrast essay [3]

prompt: compare and contrast knowledge gained from books and knowledge gained from experiences. which one do you prefer and why?

Learning is an essential pathway to success. It can be either intellectual learning or learning about different aspects of life. Both help us to grow and succeed in our lives. We can learn various things, from books as well as from experiences. Both teaches us almost similar things with the only difference that, whatever we learn from books are ideal things. On the other hand, experiences teaches us practical things. Whatever we read in books we can experience it only when we practice them.

Personally, learning from experiences is more important because in my opinion, when we learn something by experience we memorize it more effectively. As compared when we learn something from books. For example, I had done my graduation from a dental college in delhi. During my third year of graduation, we were made to learn root canal treatment techniques from textbooks. We were not allowed to practice it on patients. The techniques were very complicated and difficult to remember at least for me. And I had always scored less marks in it. But as soon as we were allowed to practice it on patients during my final year, the same techniques become much easier to memorize. Because of the hands on experience, I could remember every step of the technique and also the complications which would occur if I miss any step. so apart from basics I had also gained additional knowledge.

In addition to effective memory, when we learn from experiences, along with the basics we also learn different modifications of the thing which we discover while practicing it. And this sometimes make things much easier and faster. For example, I had learnt from my textbooks about different instruments which are used in root canal treatment. But what if you are about do a patient and discovered that some of the instruments are not available or are damaged? The answer to this, I had learnt from my experience, that how any other instrument can be used to function in the same way as the required instrument.

By way of conclusion, based on the arguments explored above, im of opinion that books and experiences both are essential part of learning. Where books makes us learn basics, experiences makes us learn the practicle use of whatever we have learnt from books

Writing Feedback / Experience plays an important role in our lives and teach us valuable lessons which help us succeed [5]

Experiences help us improve and progress in our lives. We learn a lot from things we experience during our lifetime. They teach us different aspects of life which makes us more mature and smart in dealing with problems, hardships and in decision making.

Personally, I agree with the statement that most experiences in our lives that seemed difficult at the time become valuable lessons and provides two examples to illustrate this.

First of all, I recall during my third year of graduation from dental school in new delhi. We were introduced to clinical work and were allowed to work on patients. I was very weak in practical work of a subject called prosthodontics which deals with fabrication of dentures. The procedure compromised many steps, starting from making a model of patients oral cavity to fabrication of denture and took around 15 days for completion. The last step of the procedure is completely laboratory work and was the toughest step. in which the denture which was initially made up of wax was heat cured to make the final denture. After Which it was delivered to the patient. During my 1 month posting in the prosthodontic department, It took me 25days reach the last step. Since it was the most crucial step I decided to get it done by the laboratory assistant who was considered expert in the process. He used to charge 500 bucks for one denture. But still in order to get my work done, I paid him and he handed me over the final denture the other day. It looked well finished and beautifully fabricated. But when I delivered it to the patient, it does not fit in his mouth. I tried all possible ways to get it adjusted in patient's mouth but failed. The wax up measurements got altered during the final step by the assistant laboratory assistant which resulted in failure of the denture. Because of which I had to repeat the whole process again, which took me another 1 month to deliver the denture to the patient. Since my posting got over in 1 month I had to work during my lunch and free time. i Also got scolded from my teachers because of delay in the work and on cheating them by getting my work done by someone else. That was my worst experience, and I learned a lesson that one should always do their work by themselves and should never rely on any other person for it. With time and practice You yourself will become expert of your work.

Another example experience that had made me learn valuable lesson is from last year when I was doing a patient in a clinic. After my graduation, I had joined my uncle's clinic in new delhi who was also a dentist and was practicing from many years. During my graduation we were taught to extract decayed teeth in our oral surgery department. I had done many extractions of teeth including the complicated cases in my college. And I was very confident in doing it. last year a patient with badly decayed tooth arrived in my uncle's clinic for extraction. My uncle was unwilling for me to do the extraction as the roots of the tooth was near the maxillary sinus which had made it a tough and complicated case. But on my pressure and request he allowed me to do the extraction. in my overconfidence in doing extractions, i ruined the case by breaking off the roots of the tooth which got slipped into the maxillary sinus. My uncle got furious and he had to operate the patient in emergency, which turned out to be time consuming and tiresome for both my uncle and for the patient. also Because of which other patients in the clinic had to left unattended. That experience taught me that one should never be overconfident in his work, no matter how good he is. And should always respect and follow elders decision because they are more experienced.

by way of conclusion based on reasons explored above, in my opinion experiences play an important role in our lives and teach us valuable lessons which help us succeed.