Learning from experience

“ Experience is the best teacher” is an old saying, and I definitely agree with it. The most important, and sometimes the hardest, lessons we learn in life come from our participation in situations.
Some people say that we can learn everything from book. Of course, learning from books in a formal educational setting is also valuable. It is in schools that we learn the information we need to function in our society. We learn how to speak and write and understand mathematical equations. This is the information that we need to live in our communities and earn a living.
Nevertheless, I think that the most important lessons can’t be taught; they have to be experienced. No one can teach us how to get along with others or how to have self-respect. As we grow from children into teenagers, no one can teach us how to deal with peer pressure.
This shouldn’t stop us from looking for guidelines along the way. Teachers and parents are valuable sources of advice when we’re young. As we enter into new stages in our lives, the advice we receive from them is very helpful because they have already had similar experience. But experiencing our own victories and disasters is really the way to learn how to deal with our own life.