Teacher Terry
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I guess the thing about applying early is that you can be on the list and then if you don't need it you can decline.
I guess the thing about applying early is that you can be on the list and then if you don't need it you can decline.
Glad to hear that your father is doing so well after the move, Audrey!
Someone mentioned Uber as an option. That would be one for me, but not for her since she doesn't have a smartphone or a computer. She had a smartphone for awhile, but couldn't really get the hang of using it. Managing life now if you can't use a computer or smartphone makes things more difficult.
Wish she saw computers as what they can be, a magic window to the world.
In his last months he even had a hard time learning to use Roku. I'd have to get him into the menu so he could binge-watch WW 2 documentaries. I hope that doesn't happen to me for awhile.
It won't help for CSS design, but for home electronics, I think voice-driven navigation will be a big help in the coming years. Our Amazon FireTV can search for shows by name or genre. Push the microphone button on the remote, and say "World War 2 Documentaries", and it instantly displays a list of 83 available programs. No drilling through 5 levels of menus, just immediate access to what I was looking for. It's not perfect, but I expect it to improve a lot in the coming years.
My 92 year old adoptive mom understands that computers are useful. But, she just has difficulty with technology and figuring out how to use it. And, it is not just computers. I remember years ago trying to teach her how to program a VCR and she just couldn't get it. I finally wrote a sequential step by step plan and she would skip steps to instead do what she thought she should do. She was an intelligent working woman, but just couldn't get the idea. <snip>
So, I think sometimes it isn't really the age of the person, but more different interests and abilities.
So, I think sometimes it isn't really the age of the person, but more different interests and abilities.
I'm adopted, too. Haven't found my birthmother, though...maybe she uses/used computers.
If it's something she doesn't like, then she can't understand or appreciate how anyone else could possibly like it.
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That's when I bought my first PC too.I always liked gadgets and bought my first PC in 1988.
This sounds just like my Dad!!
So maybe you've had conversions like this:
Mom: So what'd you do today?
Me: We went diving down at the docks. Got some crabs, then we saw...
Mom: Oh, that's sure not for me, I don't like the water, I don't even like getting my face wet. Funny, but I like to be in a boat on the water. I just love going on cruises! You know, the last cruise we were on...etc. etc.
Me:
My dad was that way, too.