Being groomed has taken on a new meaning these days...
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Being groomed has taken on a new meaning these days...
Hey Allen. Can you still sing the school song. I got my name in the school magazine for reading 76 library books in the first 6 months of first year... I found a library. Jim
OK Mikehzz, NOT that sort of grooming !!!
cheers
While also lamenting the loss of some skills, I have found plenty of oldies who cannot do maths, or who cannot deal with complex logic.
Every generation has it's share of members who lack numerical, grammatical and rational-thinking skills. I am pretty sure that sentence is grammatically incorrect :)
My favourite was 35 years ago when I had to wait for an older gentleman to work out how much change to give me when I gave him $30 for a $25 purchase. He pulled out a calculator to check my suggestion that it was $5!
Before you flame me, check the punctuation on some of the posts in this thread!
I agree that the tech skills demonstrated by kids does not make them smarter. Teenagers are much more informed now than we were, however, wisdom comes from converting information to knowledge, and then making good decisions. Kids show the same lack of wisdom now as I did when I was young and stupid.
I've always liked this, BobQuote:
Originally Posted by Chucaro
Monty Python - Four Yorkshiremen - YouTube
It's not just old people that struggle with technology, I'm 15 and I have an engineering class at school and we built some small electric cars and I was first to build it and I had a full ladder chassis and bigger wheels and a lower gear ratio and everyone's going wow that's cool and we've now moved on to computer stuff and all of a sudden I'm the last one to finish and I still don't get it and someone just walks up and does a few clicks of the mouse and taps a few keys and the problem's solved. Then again I can rebuild an engine and gearbox or whatever mechanical problems I encounter (like to see them do that). Then again I do own a 1970 IIA and a 1976 Land Ranger 100" so electronics aren't a big issue.
I was only having this conversation with one of the guys at work the other day. His four year old daughter picked up mums iPad for the first time, and instinctively knew what to do :eek: meanwhile dad has been playing around with the iPad for months and has discovered maybe 5% of its capability :D
Well I'm in my forties and you've just described me, so don't feel too bad. And I really feel that having actual manual skills is better in the long run since electronics are only useful for so many things, but not what what you might call "foundation" needs like housing, growing food, fabrication and so on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Series3 GT
Perhaps all comes to which side of our brain is the dominant.
I know that mine is the right.
Have a look these pages, is a good test :)
Hemispheric Dominance Inventory
Left vs. Right Which Side Are You On?
Depending on technology is a recipe for disaster in the long run. If the lights go out then you are up a creek without a paddle. There's a thing called Fermi's Paradox which questions why there aren't advanced civilizations evident throughout the galaxy since there have been billions of years available for them to evolve and develop. One explanation is that technological advances that push too far from natural balance are ultimately doomed and collapse in on themselves. If you were stuck on a desert island with an ipod you would have music for a day and then a useless bit of junk after that. All the technology is only useful inside the elaborate framework required to sustain it. So all you old geezers who only know practical things....don't feel too bad about it. :)