Navigation-Noob needs help!

[David198502]

hey sokol1!
thx for your answer.
if i understand it right, the aircraft symbol shows the magnetic heading,but if i turn the compass-rose, i can no longer read the exact heading,as its the only exact indicator.the only possibility which remains then, is the aircraft symbol which is only an approximate gauge for heading.i can still estimate that im heading south or north and so on,but the exact degrees i can no longer read, as i manipulated the rose!?i think i really got something wrong, but turning the compass rose makes still no sense for me. if i want to fly i.e. 320 and i turn the compass rose that 320 is at 12 o clock,doesnt make it really easier to follow the course. ??