? ? I grew up believing that learning was self-discipline:a hard lonely climb up the sheer rock face of knowledge to where the smart people live .I was driven more by a fear of failing than by anything like curiosity or wonder.

? ? ? I used to be an "exam machine",with most of my peers,we pass certain examination,find a job,get marriage,have children.worry about getting the axe in? middle age.and become more and more like a machine.we aren't able to draw a great blueprint for ourselves.let alone for our society or even for our country.

? Thank goddess that it's never too late to realize that learning is a lifelong issue.

? It was as if they'd been told its okay not to understand everything right away;that it would come in time.that their doubt was itself a valuable instrument.

? If the brain is a learning machine,then it's an eccentric one.And it? performs best when its quirks are exploited.

? ? The living brain in action is the guarantee of learning efficiently.