There is a Thai saying connected with the popular hobby of training and trimming shrubs in the household, "The young plants are easily trained, not the old ones," which is akin to the widely held belief that a talent for music or some other skill is a gift one is born with and so cannot be taught. Such notions make some teachers give up on certain children in their classes as incorrigible or unteachable. However, His Majesty the King takes a different view.