This is motivational?

I'm a bit more than halfway through a supposedly motivational essay that gets passed around the Chinese-language-learning community, and so far I can say it falls far short. This brief aside was particularly uplifting and hopeful.

In fairness, it should be said that classical Chinese gets easier the more you attempt it. But then so does hitting a hole in one, or swimming the English channel in a straitjacket.

Full text here: Why Chinese Is So Damn Hard?

More thoughts later.