Pertaining to the article that was assigned to read, I believe there were many good points that were addressed that I couldn't have said better myself. I, myself, have talked about this subject before, where older people just need to get with the times. Generation after generation has had many changes through them and the only way they can adapt, is to just accept them and try to adapt yourself. I really liked the quote that she used, "the only constant is change". Without change, we wouldn't improve, we wouldn't learn from our mistakes, and we wouldn't be as informed and connected as we are today.
It really bothers me when older people use the excuse, "I'm old, so I don't understand this stuff. I like things the way they used to be". Like the author said in the article, that is just an excuse people use when they don't understand it and won't try to learn. The technology we have today, as a first time user, is sometimes overwhelming, frustrating, and confusing, I'll agree. However, think about how confusing it was for me when I was 13 and and received an used iPod touch for Christmas? No instructions, no one in my family knew how to use it. What did I do? With no practice except for our very slow computer that I hardly used, TV, and my flip phone, I figured it out!
My mother would call me and ask how to turn the TV on. If you can't test try a view buttons to try and turn the TV on, you're not even trying! Unfortunately, the generation that complains about all the new inventions, come from a time where pushing the wrong button was a crime. I didn't grow up in that time so I can't say I know exactly how they feel about all of this but I agree with the author; any new invention that comes my way, no matter how old I am or how confusing it is, I will TRY to adapt to it.
It really bothers me when older people use the excuse, "I'm old, so I don't understand this stuff. I like things the way they used to be". Like the author said in the article, that is just an excuse people use when they don't understand it and won't try to learn. The technology we have today, as a first time user, is sometimes overwhelming, frustrating, and confusing, I'll agree. However, think about how confusing it was for me when I was 13 and and received an used iPod touch for Christmas? No instructions, no one in my family knew how to use it. What did I do? With no practice except for our very slow computer that I hardly used, TV, and my flip phone, I figured it out!
My mother would call me and ask how to turn the TV on. If you can't test try a view buttons to try and turn the TV on, you're not even trying! Unfortunately, the generation that complains about all the new inventions, come from a time where pushing the wrong button was a crime. I didn't grow up in that time so I can't say I know exactly how they feel about all of this but I agree with the author; any new invention that comes my way, no matter how old I am or how confusing it is, I will TRY to adapt to it.
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