I've a 93 year old friend who recently bought a laptop which she calls "the thing". I agree it is very tiring trying to explain how it works to her and she has been to classes.
The Thing! lol Like it's a monster or something. I actually usually give my computers legit names - the last one was Stewart and this one is Murray - and it occurred to me that my mom needs to have more of a 'relationship' with her computer, maybe she should give it a name.
My mom took classes too - (the exact same class I took in school actually - we both took one through an adult education program) - but it mostly was things like spreadsheets and office stuff, no internet things. Still, she was a pharmacy tech for years and that whole job is computers, so this is why I was so astonished that she knows how to do so very very little.
I guess we'll just keep on teaching them as we go, yeah?! :)
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Date: 2013-06-28 12:48 am (UTC)The Thing! lol Like it's a monster or something. I actually usually give my computers legit names - the last one was Stewart and this one is Murray - and it occurred to me that my mom needs to have more of a 'relationship' with her computer, maybe she should give it a name.
My mom took classes too - (the exact same class I took in school actually - we both took one through an adult education program) - but it mostly was things like spreadsheets and office stuff, no internet things. Still, she was a pharmacy tech for years and that whole job is computers, so this is why I was so astonished that she knows how to do so very very little.
I guess we'll just keep on teaching them as we go, yeah?! :)