Andrew Johnson, Chapter 6, Question #2

This chapter definitely draws the most attention when compared to the other chapters by being the most personal. Wheelan makes it clear that being a productive individual (relative to society) will translate to being better off and congregations of such productive capital will flourish. Such is a common fact. However, what this chapter hints at that effects me most is the topics of natural traits and learned traits. Being that one's worth in society is heavily based on his productivity, natural ability and learn ability are the main determinants. However a murky dynamic forms in my mind when I consider the value of each ability and its role in one's productivity. Can one really learn all that there needed in order to make himself productive? What is the threshold of learned ability when natural ability is absent? Can the poor really learn the ropes out of their impoverishment? I have come to a point where I think that there will always be a ceiling to one's ability (both learned and inherited).