I now realize that the small hills you see on ski slopes are formed around the bodies of forty-seven-year-olds who tried to learn snowboarding.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The author jokes that ski slope hills are made of older beginners who failed at snowboarding.
- In plain terms
- I think ski hills are made of old people who tried snowboarding and fell.
- What can you take from it?
- Age can make learning new physical skills harder.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What skills get harder with age?
- Why do we learn too late?
Another view
Ski slopes are shaped by snow conditions, not people.
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