"Children Have Ability to Learn Adults Don’t”

As children, do we have a natural ability and motivation to take up new interests (such as language, sports, and musical instruments) who as adults we seem to lose? Are there too many social pressures on adults or are there other reasons for the apparent decline in a human being’s capacity to learn?
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While I agree that children have a natural ability to learn fast and they have varied interests with high motivation, I am not convinced that adults don’t have the said ability and motivation.

Children have entire time at their disposal for learning. Also they have high motivation compared to adults for learning new things and developing into the fields of music, sports, games etc. I am convinced that children's brains have a natural ability to absorb the new things fast. This is as part of their developmental growth; much of their achievement is because Schools motivate them to take many subjects. Parents also motivate their children to practice new sports or to learn music. Even their playmates force them to become better at computer games. In a way children enjoy learning and their environment is also favorable and highly motivating.

However the said motivation is little less in adults due to work pressure, social obligations, and many more. Nevertheless adults do like to learn and develop themselves to compete with others is also a proven fact. They can organize their learning by setting times for reading or practice. They can build on skills and experiences they know. Nevertheless exceptionally some people may feel that further learning is pointless for them may be because whatever they wanted to achieve in life they have achieved. Those are the adults with high sense of self actualization and esteem. But for the younger adults to nurse the feelings that they are too busy with families and work and they can’t learn any more is merely a psychological barrier and have no roots in realism.

In conclusion we cannot generalize anything on learning abilities of children and adults. It depends upon the motivation of the person and the environment. ------(294 Words)