( Word Reader - Unregistered ) www.word-reader.com The best way of learning about life Some people believe that the best way of learning life is by listening to the advice from family members and friends Other people hold a different view that the best way of learning about life is from ones` personal experience In my view, I agree the latter view based on my years of observation The main reasons are listed as below First, the advice from family members and friends always rely on the situation happened in the past Things are changed and the presuming past events cannot ensure that it could occur in the current new situation To illustrate this matter, there is an example that my parents persuaded me to stay in the physiology institute and not change my job to a pharmaceutical company They claim that the job in institute is stable and promising, they reason that they worked in the same institute until they retired From their experience, the work was very good in their times However, I did not take their advice since I find there are lots of chances outside the institute Second, why I have such a view is that we have to make our own decisions in many occasions in our lives The other people`s advice can only be used for reference As people are different in many aspects, even they are your close friends or parents, they are not yourself and they cannot make decisions instead of you For instance, your friend is good at mathematics and can get good scores after only one-day preparation before the exam However, you cannot follow her study method since you are not expertise in this subject, therefore, you should spend more time on your preparation to get the same score Admittedly, the advice from the close friend and family members help us in some occasions and give us many valuable references It is less useful than the advice directly from the life Based on the above-mentioned reasons, I shall say that I find the best way of learning life is from personal experience ( Word Reader - Unregistered ) www.word-reader.com