Not everything that is learned is contained in books When talking about ways of learning new things, we can generically divide people in two categories: the ones that can have a great understanding of the subject just by reading a book, and the ones that learn better with experience and observation. To stablish which technic of learning is more relevant, we must compare and contrast the qualities of both methods. We can analyze this topic by taking doctors as an example. In med school, future doctors need to read a lot because they need to have a huge knowledge about different diseases, their causes and ways to cure them. However, in order to prepare themselves for performing a surgery, only reading books is not enough. They need to practice their skills, because their sharpness grows with experience. Therefore, for the intellectual improvement on this profession, both sources of knowledge are equally important. However, in order to improve other areas, such as the relationship between the doctor and the patient, the same med student will only learn how to behave by observing and through personal experience. No book will teach the proper way to talk to someone that is passing through a hard time; or how make the patient trust the orientations. Every profession has a side that is only improved by experience and there is where the uniqueness of amazing professional resides. The knowledge someone accumulate in a lifetime of different experiences is what makes their work and life progress. Not everything is contained in a book. With real life interactions, we can solve real life problems. By stimulating environments where people can learn experiencing things by their own, we will have better professionals.