My friend is really weak in English. But the irony is, his dad is English teacher. The situation is given in the description. Whose fault it is then?

[The_Shadow_Dweller]

From childhood, whenever he asked anything to his dad, his dad would say "Useless. You don't even know this much." Naturally, he has drifted away from his dad. And his English did not improve at all.

So, whose fault is it?

His own fault

His dad's fault

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My take is, it is his fault. The world is there to teach him. I think his dad is just an excuse, nothing else.

[menina]

As someone who grew up listening her own parents telling her that she was useless, dumb and worthless, I can understand why your friend lost all his motivation to learn English.

There are many things that we listen to when we are children and they get stuck in our mind. It's not easy to forget them when we are adults and move on, it takes time, patience and sometimes therapy. However, once your friend realized that his father was wrong, he could have tried to look for a way of learning English by himself.

[OlderAndWiser]

Depends on the age of your friend. If he is a minor, then his education s the responsibility of his parents. If he is an adult. . . I can fault the father for now wanting to share his knowledge wth his son, but the son has other ways of learning a language and blaming others is simply childish.

[NathanDavis]

his dad was not the only option available to learn a language...

if he hasn't improved at all, that's on him...

[Exterminatore]

We are all responsible for ourselves and no one is responsible for us.


I agree, his fault and that’s probably an excuse.

[XXblack88]

His dad is partly to blame. Name calling doesn't help when you are trying your best.

[WhitneySnow]

His dad’s fault

[Jamie05rhs]

It's his dad's fault. 100%.

[SnowedIn]

His dad's fault.

[Anonymous]

How ironic 😂