what is more important to a persons education: things learned in school or real life experiences?

Question

please give me your answer and a concrete reason to support your answer.

Answer 1

An individual's education is multifaceted, and one of those facets cannot unequivocally be deemed more important than another. What we learn in school helps us make sense of the real world, and what we learn in the real world helps us understand what we learned in school. Science courses like physics, biology, chemistry, geology etc have laboratory requirements for exactly that reason. A trigonometry student would appreciate the subject much more if he/she was to spend a summer as a carpenter's assistant. Even a soft science like economics needs real experience before the concepts are completely understood. One cannot become a great golfer by reading books, and one cannot become a great surgeon through on-the-job training. Becoming the best requires both worlds.

Answer 2

Didn't you watch Trump's show? There are no concrete answers so get off the rigid thinking trip. What is this Coke or Pepsi? Democrat or Republican? One or the other is not reality. I imagine everyone that learns something in school will still go on to real life experiences. So that leaves education. Street smarts or experience may work or education may work. Or a mixture of both. Whatever works works. No cut and dry. Nothing concrete just common sense and determination. Persistence and determination is more important. Keep trying and you will figure it out and can attribute your success or failure to whatever you like. Education is an option and experience comes with time in either choice.

Answer 3

I say without a dount actual experience is the best teacher. I am a teacher of English as a Foreign language, and I work with people from all different levels and backgrounds. But if I have a new student, I can tell within the first 5 minutes if he or she has actually spent some time in an English-speaking country. The difference is phenomenal.

I think it is the same with anything else. If you are an engineer, you MUST go to school, and graduate and get a degree that teaches you all kinds of nitty-gritty details that no one ever thought studiable... but it doesnt start to sink in until you get your hands-on experience. That is why most employers prefer a person with a few years experience on their resume.

Answer 4

Both, as they are not mutually exclusive, nor are they separate. Many things learned in school help make you aware of and able to meet challenges that real life experience would fail to prepare you for, for example, all the real life experience in the world would not have gotten anyone to the moon without the solid educations of the engineers and scientists who experimented with rocketry and prepared for space flight. on the other hand, leadership skills seem to be learned mostly from real life experiences, although they often try to teach these things at school, it is usually from life's experiences that leaders lead well. that being said, in today's society, it is the very rare person who succeeds well without an education, and everyone, whether educated or not, gets life experiences, as long as they are alive.

Answer 5

Both, it's like synergy. What you learn in school helps you apply the ' lessons' that you have in every day life. It's not necessarily specific topics but how to say construct a speech using spelling and grammar and good language if you're running for political office or having to address a home and school meeting or do a presentation at work.

What you learn in school allows you to think critically as well as independently if you've learned to read well and comprehend what you've read. Knowing the branches of government and how they work will help you decide who will be your next mayor, congress person, senator, president as will learning about different kinds of governments. There are different kinds of democratic governemnts, not always based on a US model, that might be more applicable in other countries. If you've gone to school and studied your history and politics(aka civics) classes you'll have known that.

If you apply the lessons you learn in Psychology and Sociology you may not be so likely to conform to herd mentality . You will hopefully have the funadmentals to know how children grow and what their basic needs are accord to Maslow's definition as well as Piaget's or Carl Roger's or Kohlberg's stages of moral development.

In other words your education plays an integral part in your life experiences so both are equal in importance.

Answer 6

At the very basic level, school education is essential to teach you basic skills such as reading, writing and mathematics. But besides that, depending on what kind of experience you have, real life experiences can teach you much more.

But unlike lessons in a classroom, real life experiences are not structured or planned to bring out any specific facts to you. Nor is their meaning as clear cut, and you don't have a teacher ready to point out the nuances.

Answer 7

Real life experiences seem to have a more profound impact and is knowledge that typically stays with us.

On the other hand, school learning tends to make life a whole lot easier. This is done by providing a person with basic knowledge that can be applied to almost every facet of one's life. This can prevent a lot of unpleasant life experiences.

Bottom line: It's best to learn as much as possible during school years and apply this to your life as you live it.

Answer 8

BOTH! I mean if you a true idiot (like my sister-in-law.. a 'twin' for George Washington in the face that wears 'skirts and tennis shoes' ..yeah, at the same time.. cause it's 'her religion..') not a goddamned thing will help ya!! BUT.. my opinion is it is how you APPLY what you learn that marks you as educated or not. (I know a lotta fools that went to college.. they must have found some equally stupid people to 'graduate 'em.') The smartest person I knew was my father (hell yeah!) He didn't go to college, but he was smart about everything I asked him. Real life experiences worked for him, right? right! (er, I guess this is not a real answer.. it's more of a comment..)?

Answer 9

That depends on where you want to go in life. You aren't going to go very far if you can't read and write or do simple mathematics...yes I know there are rare exceptions. But if you don't have real life experience then you won't make it very far in the real world. A good combination of both is the best choice for a successful future.

Answer 10

Both.
Things learned in school are the tools necessary in life. You need to learn English and grammar. You must know how to read and speak correctly if you want to be taken seriously. You need your math and your sciences. Specialized education is what is important for set career goals.
Life lessons are essential to teach one how to interact in society. A person needs to know how to respond to different events and situations and be able to think with a clear head. Compassion must be taught and the value of human and animal life must be understood. Maintaining the environment as a whole is crucial.
What happens in school and in real life shapes the individual. We are after all, products of our environments, and so we must all learn to give of ourselves and it's important that we allow ourselves the best life has to offer.