"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."
- Albert Einstein
Posted by a relative on Facebook from "Everyday Humor"
On the other hand, sometimes we are our own worst enemies for learning. How many people do you know who say, "I was never good at…" Consider most Americans image of their foreign language ability. If you ask them what a Mexican calls a hat or an afternoon nap, most can correctly answer (fill in the blank). Or how the French say "goodbye" or what a Swedish buffet is called, or … I guess that most Americans know at least ten words in each of at least ten languages. Da?
See "You can speak foreign languages".
