• mirshafie@europe.pub
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    2 days ago

    You can still learn though. It’s always awkward in the beginning but adults learn faster than kids.

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      Not sure why you’re getting downvoted.

      Life sucks, we’re all screwed up in some way or another. But just saying “well that’s how I am now” is the standard approach these days, and it only perpetuates the problem.

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        Not sure why you’re getting downvoted.

        Because the most rapid rate of learning is in early childhood. For example, toddlers acquire over 50% of an entire language in a couple of years. That learning rate declines through early adulthood, then remains roughly constant unless the adult experiences dementia in later life, which most don’t.

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          Kids learn all of that while being completely immersed in the new environment. I challenge you to move to a different country right now and immerse yourself in the culture. I bet you in three (3) years you’ll have a far superior command of that language than a 6 year old that was born in that country.