We're never too old to learn something new

WE’RE NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW
SENIOR MOMENTS Terri Andersen
Computer technology has sure come a long way since my first introduction to it in 1978, when my husband and I visited one of our sons college in Troy, NY and were taken on a tour of the “computer building.” That’s right, it took a whole building to house the components that were so huge one wondered how to reach any of the parts that made them function. Little by little, though, as the units became smaller and smaller (from desktop, to laptop, to iPad, etc.) they took over the typewriters and calculators all over the world.
The first time I had to use a computer at my job in the 1980's, I was terrified. Hitting a wrong key by mistake (like the delete button instead of the return key) or pressing a key slightly too long (and getting a whole line of the same letter), was enough to cause panic when the machine wasn't doing what I expected it to do. I must admit, however, that the computer made me a more religious person. At least ten times a day I'd pray: “Oh, God, what do I do now?
Like everything else, though, once you learn something all of a sudden it’s not as impossible as you thought it might be. And thanks to places like the Senior Center people who didn't grow up playing with computers at three years old and using them all throughout their school years can experience that senior citizens might never have thought possible for them is now available and bringing a lot of enjoyment and feelings of accomplishment into their lives.