honestly without the internet, social media interactive services, i am lost. Learning a new community service course right now. Hi Robert thank you for sharing this column with us ….yes i am an elderly Some of my best times were spent with the younger students at University and they really appreciated my input on life experience. Please never feel intimidated to learn new skills or attend courses. There is so much more I could write but with the quantity of ‘i’ the post is beginning to look like self-obsession. I’m a volunteer at my local museum and that is fun socialising with children and adults.
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I keep my iPad at the side of my bed and often watch TV on it, chat on Facebook, and use the internet to purchase items, browse the news and other interesting topics. I am learning new ways of preserving and cooking my own produce. Luckily I have a veggetable plot and grow all my vegetables and fruit that will happily grow in the Highlands of Scotland. I attended some local lessons and a few weeks later had a huge quilt for my king size bed (I have subsequently made 4 quilts). My last project was making a patchwork quilt. I went back to Uni in my 50s and completed a Social Work Degree. I am 67 and I make an effort to learn something new and unique on a constant basis.
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What new things have you been learning recently? If you are not learning anything new, are you okay with losing your ability to learn? Think about all the people who don't take advantage of the internet because they refuse to learn how to use it. All the old people I know who are vibrant and energetic are always striving to learn new things and it is because they continue to learn that their brains stay sharp. If you want to be good at learning new things, then you must constantly learn new things. That is why it is important to live a life of continuous learning. Old people can't learn because they stop learning new things. Once they make this choice, a habit forms and that person's ability to learn, like any unused muscle, weakens. Some even use the excuse that they can't learn anymore because they are old. It could be because they are tired of learning and "just want to relax" or perhaps they feel that they've "graduated" and learned all they needed to know. Unfortunately, many people choose the latter. This is the point where some choose to continue learning new things while others choose to stop learning.
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We can just occasionally update our knowledge and still be ok. We no longer need to learn new things to survive.
Up until this point, learning has been somewhat mandatory but it is at this point where learning becomes optional. As children, we explore the world trying to understand what crayons taste like, how to get our parents' attention, etc.Īs we get older, we enter formal schooling where we learn continuously about social interactions (making friends, dealing with authorities, dating etc), hobbies (sports, musics, art, etc) and academic subjects (math, science, language, etc). After college or grad school, we enter the workforce learning about our job functions and office politics.Īfter we gain a certain level of expertise in our current job, we reach a critical point. Everyone around us is helping by teaching us new words and expressions. When we are born, we are learning non-stop about how the world works. It is because they make the conscious decision to stop learning even though they may not realize it.
Most older people have a hard time learning new things but it is not because of their age. It is not because they don't have access to the know-how but rather they have come to believe that they are too old to learn. There are people out there who don't know how to use a smart phone, shop online or send email. As we get older, we tend to believe the cliché "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" because we've seen many examples proving it to be somewhat accurate.