>"His other work has been equally bad, and several times he has been in trouble, because he will not listen, but will insist on doing his work in his own way."

>"His other work has been equally bad, and several times he has been in trouble, because he will not listen, but will insist on doing his work in his own way." That made me chuckle. Just shy of 40 years later I brought home a practically identical note when I was struggling in school. My teacher told me bluntly that I was "dumb and refused to learn". Anger over that comment led me to a critical discovery about myself. In short, some people cannot / do not comprehend anything beyond the "how". Personally, I find the how incomprehensible without the why. Given why, how is manifest.