BEGINNERS

Why do so many of us stop learning new skills as adults? Are we afraid to be bad at something? Have we forgotten the sheer pleasure of beginning from the ground up? Or is it simply a fact that you can't teach an old dog new tricks?Inspired by his young daughter's insatiable need to know how to do almost everything, Tom Vanderbilt begins a year of learning purely for the sake of learning. He ta ckles five skills, choosing them for their difficulty to master and their lack of marketability--chess, singing, surfing, drawing, a nd jugglin...[Read more]