Is Experience the Best Teacher?

Malya Anisa Purnamadini (1420302180)
Experience is the Best Teacher

Experience is the process of doing and seeing things and of having things happen to you. Experience is also the direct observation of our participation in events as a basis of knowledge. The quote "Experience is the best teacher" means that by experience we can get the best lessons. We can learn that lessons by experience. There are several reasons that prove the quote as the follows.

The first reason is experience shows that thing has many benefits. Everything that we do or we have should useful for us. Everything has its own benefits. There are many benefits from the things that we do not know before. By experienced that thing, we will know the benefits from it. As an illustration is my mother advised that I should always be well-dressed. I also took her advice. One day, when applying for a job, I was accepted because of neat appearance. While the other girl that same as I as applier was not accepted because she did not well-dressed. From that experience, I learned that well-dressed is useful and gives us the benefits.

The second reason besides shows the benefits of thing is that the experience is also be the most trusted thing. We have experienced something by ourselves, so that we will never against the truth. We will always believe what we did. So, the experience will affected us directly. As an example is Ani’s experience. Ani did not believe that ghost exists. She never believe what people said. Once, she saw the ghostly figure by herself. Since then, she believe that the ghost exists. Her experience proved that the experience can be a trusted thing.

Besides shows the benefits of things and be a trusted thing, experience  also teaches us to keep our belonging. Sometimes, we do not care about our belongings. We just care with them when we need. But, when that things were lost, we just knew that the things are important for us. For example is when I did my exam. Once, I have ever forgot to save my pen. I thought that I have the others pen on my case. Unfortunately, when I did exam, I did not have a pen. Finally, I had to borrow my friend’s pen so that I could take the exam. From that experience I learned that we must keep everything that we have even though that thing is cheap and small.

The last reason besides the three above is the experience shows that thing is bad for us. Not everything is good for us. Sometimes, we will not realized that something is bad. When we experienced it by ourselves, we just knew the bad effect. As an illustration is when Reza got an accident. Reza’s father talked to Reza that if ride a motorcycle, we do not drive at excessive speed and always use a helmet to be saved. Unfortunately, he did not believe what his father said. Once, he rode his motorcycle at excessive speed and did not use a helmet. As a consequent, he had an accident in serious condition. Since then, he learned that ride motorcycle at excessive speed is bad for us.

Therefore, experience can be a lesson of life for us. Through experience we can anticipate or stay away from the danger that can harm us.

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