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There are some things you will never learn nor can you be taught. You don't have "the right stuff". How is that your fault?

We aren't responsible for our DNA. We were born that way. Blame our parents if you must affix blame. So that is what will always limit us/prevent us/impede us. Our abilities/talents  at birth. What we were born with. How do you change DNA? Will they one day have a way to do so after the fact of birth or will it always have to be done in utero?

Posted - July 2, 2017
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  • 22891
    its not, one reason why i cant seem to finish college, the stuff is really hard for me to learn
      July 2, 2017 4:18 PM MDT
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  • 3740
    It is not your "fault" at all. We can't all be cosmologists, top-flight sportspeople, diplomatic-corp linguists or concert pianists. A lot of very good mathematicians for example, are poor at writing cohesive, coherent and concise text - and no doubt, vice-versa.

    Sometimes, you might find some sticking-point overcome, perhaps years later, by some piece of new knowledge, new situation or suitable help from someone who spots why your are in difficulty, that makes you view the problem from a different angle.

    For example, when I was at school, Mathematics was perhaps my weakest subject, and Calculus was almost a closed book to me. Then some 40 years later, a tutorial connected with one of my hobbies led me to realise at last what Differentiation really is - the gradient at a point on a line, expressed in terms of difference in co-ordinates. The actual example was a simple ratio but it calculates a gradient - something made me write it in calculus notation - and hey presto!, the fraction became a semi-differential, so the full version was a simple step further.

    So no-one who has made an honest but fruitless attempt to learn some academic topic or practical skill cannot and must not be blamed for his or her failure. No-one is at fault.
      July 18, 2017 3:24 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    Thank you for your very thoughtful and informative analysis in response to my question. We often get blamed for being whom we are, how we think, what we think. Politics and religion are prime examples. Instead of giving folks breaks/benefit of the doubt/wiggle room we judge them and put them in boxes. We grade them. We evaluate them.  We measure them. Against what standard? Our own of course, what else? Instead of cutting one another some slack we pounce! SIGH.  Happy Wednesday Durdle! :)
      July 19, 2017 7:08 AM MDT
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  • 3740
    Yes, it's always easier to judge others by ourselves than objectively! Happy Wednesday to you too, Rosie!
      July 19, 2017 9:29 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    I cant cook.
      July 19, 2017 9:31 AM MDT
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  • 3740
    Ah, you might not be an expert cook, Carbonproduct, but what skills do you possess that other people might lack?
      July 19, 2017 9:43 AM MDT
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