People Who do not Learn, and do Not Want to Learn

Do such people exist? Yes, they do - and in the US, they are now common.

I am taking an introductory class from edX, explaining what edX is, and how I can learn from it. The rightmost screen of their user interface, shows the text, as the speaker is speaking it.

I have said non-learners are now common, but this was not always the case. My father, who did not live that long ago - was an avid learner. When he spent four years in the Marine Corp, he saved all his money, and sent it home to his mother. He also learned Photography, using the 4x5 inch, B&W film, of the time. And learned to make movies, using 8mm film, also.

When he went home, to Ft. Madison, Iowa - he and his new bride, lived in a home owned by his mother. And he bought a Photography Studio, from the money he had saved. This was the Depression (I was born in 1936) and the Studio did not make much money then.

But when WWII broke out, he owned a gold mine - and he made the most of it - charging the most the wartime laws would permit.

Sixty years later, he could retire in style, leaving income. that his children could inherit.

He would be amazed, to learn that most of his children (and his grandchildren) are no longer interested in learning - online, or any other way.