“Every acquisition of accommodation becomes material for assimilation, but assimilation always resists new accommodations ”
— Jean Piaget
Simplified Meaning:
When people learn new things, they first try to fit them into what they already know. Imagine you have a puzzle and you find a new piece. You try to place it in a way that matches the other pieces you have already connected. This is like learning something new and trying to understand it based on what we already believe or know. But sometimes, what we already know doesn’t perfectly match with the new piece, so we have to change the way we see things. Just like it's sometimes difficult to admit we need to move around the puzzle pieces to make the new one fit, our minds also resist changing our old ideas. For example, learning a new language might be tough at first because it doesn't fit with the grammar rules we already know from our own language. However, accepting and adjusting to the new rules helps us grow and adapt better in the long run.