>> We seem to be in an age when people have lost the desire and ability to self-teach.
I agree. It's easier than ever to find information - even easy-to-digest information - sometimes even CORRECT information - but once it requires any effort or, perhaps, thought, many people act as if a Google search is harder than teaching themselves Greek.
It's raining soup, but some people won't even hold out their bowl.
I guess big box stores are even worse than I thought. Once I went to one I was unfamiliar with - HUGE plant section. I asked a clerk where the ROSES were, and his brow furrowed. I could see smoke come out from his ears while he tried to process the complicated question "where" and the esoteric, incomprehensible gardening jargon "ROSES". He fumbled around rather than admitting which part of the question was difficult, and then i saw them over his shoulder, where he had been sweeping earlier. Okey-dokey. I guess not everyone can recognize roses or read the word "ROSES" on large pots and labels.
He didn't seem to have any brain damage, other than being a teen aged guy in a job he didn't appreciate.
