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<p>[QUOTE="John Skelton, post: 8308288, member: 92092"]"Not all of the young people have a corner on modern concepts."</p><p><br /></p><p>And not all old people can do what you did. C'mon, unfair comparison. My wife in her mid-sixties now has trouble making change. Sure, she eventually figures it out, but it's tough. In the late sixties I struggled with working a slide rule for chemistry. But I knew about how computers worked because I had one.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I see is there are those people who learn what interests them, and have parents who can support them. Others, due to home life, or the common complaint "When will I ever need to know this stuff?" will be left behind.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still, I was in grade school in the early sixties when I met a classmate who had been held back a grade. I never knew anyone else since then who had.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Skelton, post: 8308288, member: 92092"]"Not all of the young people have a corner on modern concepts." And not all old people can do what you did. C'mon, unfair comparison. My wife in her mid-sixties now has trouble making change. Sure, she eventually figures it out, but it's tough. In the late sixties I struggled with working a slide rule for chemistry. But I knew about how computers worked because I had one. What I see is there are those people who learn what interests them, and have parents who can support them. Others, due to home life, or the common complaint "When will I ever need to know this stuff?" will be left behind. Still, I was in grade school in the early sixties when I met a classmate who had been held back a grade. I never knew anyone else since then who had.[/QUOTE]
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