/yes, humans do have a natural bias.
He's soon to be three. tomorrow, in fact.

she says he'll have a strong command in chinese, because he can absorb

i asked, we didnt absorb enough when we were younger?

she says, no, we didnt teach you.

i said, ooh. you spoke english right. means we didnt absorb enough english. so am now bad at both.

she said, ya, its what you choose to learn. y'all chose to learn all the short forms, there nothing i can do.

leaning point: children should be born smart so they will know what they should learn from the people around them from young.

but i feel like telling her, not everybody is born smart you know, and i think you ought to know that it's your genes i have, in case you havent realised.