Some people believe the best way of being informed about something is through books while some other people think nature is the best way. In William Wordsworth’s poem, “The Tables Turned,” the speaker tells us we should read less reading and that we cannot learn through books instead it prefers us to get up and learn. However, there are other ways of finding knowledge in other aesthetics like religion, life and in the media. For these reasons, I disagree with his assessment and I believe that books contain just as much knowledge as other aesthetics.
There are many aesthetics you can learn from not everything must be learned from books. Your life or my life, is an example of one. You go through different experiences and that shapes the way …show more content…
The news is one example of one of that, it generate a lot of attention globally and it informs people about events that are happening. I rarely watch the news or read the newspaper however if something like an event like the Boston Bombings that happened recently, a lot of news circulate through social media and that’s how I first heard about the event through Twitter because it was so hysterical. The news is one way that demonstrates an understand something. A great example is the ongoing event in Ferguson, Missouri, it generated lots of attention especially on Tumblr, this is where I first learned about it. I read some posts that said news reporters were being pushing away from the scene and restricted any information about it although that didn’t stop many and people continued to post about it, keeping people informed. Film is another way of attaining knowledge, maybe not a lot of knowledge since many films are fictional but however there are some types of film genres like documentaries, educational films such as Bill Nye the Science Guy, can help you learn. Books are a very useful resource and it is been around for a relatively long time but instead of reading books, Wordsworth argues, “[l]et Nature be your Teacher...” (line 16). It’s saying that nature has more to teach than books and that you should go learn outside because it helps the human mind and process purity for their soul. However, reading can help the …show more content…
You can always attain knowledge through your life, through religion and in the media. Thus, whether way you’ve choose to attain knowledge, there’s always more than one way, it doesn’t always have to be narrowed down to just
There are many aesthetics you can learn from not everything must be learned from books. Your life or my life, is an example of one. You go through different experiences and that shapes the way …show more content…
The news is one example of one of that, it generate a lot of attention globally and it informs people about events that are happening. I rarely watch the news or read the newspaper however if something like an event like the Boston Bombings that happened recently, a lot of news circulate through social media and that’s how I first heard about the event through Twitter because it was so hysterical. The news is one way that demonstrates an understand something. A great example is the ongoing event in Ferguson, Missouri, it generated lots of attention especially on Tumblr, this is where I first learned about it. I read some posts that said news reporters were being pushing away from the scene and restricted any information about it although that didn’t stop many and people continued to post about it, keeping people informed. Film is another way of attaining knowledge, maybe not a lot of knowledge since many films are fictional but however there are some types of film genres like documentaries, educational films such as Bill Nye the Science Guy, can help you learn. Books are a very useful resource and it is been around for a relatively long time but instead of reading books, Wordsworth argues, “[l]et Nature be your Teacher...” (line 16). It’s saying that nature has more to teach than books and that you should go learn outside because it helps the human mind and process purity for their soul. However, reading can help the …show more content…
You can always attain knowledge through your life, through religion and in the media. Thus, whether way you’ve choose to attain knowledge, there’s always more than one way, it doesn’t always have to be narrowed down to just