Smith had learned that when he was six.
Smith learned to play several instruments by the time he was eighteen years old.
Smith did not learn about hockey from his father, a professional piano player who died when Neil was 10.
Smith learned how to play cards by playing cribbage and rummy with his father.
Finally, when Smith learned of the attack, it hit him hard.
Nothing the Smiths have learned so far seems terribly substantive.
Smith learned to read and speak Danish on his missions.
Smith learned to play the drums by about age 9, and formed his first rock band at age 11, in 1959.
The key is that Smith made initial mistakes and learned real lessons.
Smith did not learn she was the inspiration for the character until the 1910s when she visited with Riley.