It's easy to be willing to learn. It's another to understand what you're taught* and it's still another to retain it, especially if it's something you use rarely. And that's not just a feature of older people. I first wore a knotted tie at age 14, and I was taught how to tie it; but I then had to be taught over and over again, because I only wore one about once a year. It took literally ten years before I finally had it down flat, but since then I've amazed people with this skill.
*Computer people in particular have an unerring knack at talking way over their users' heads. When the retirement residence facility where my mother lived changed its e-mail system, I went along to the community meeting about this as translator, because I was sure that the tech guy would say nothing that anybody there could understand. Sure enough, someone would ask a simple question like, "Can I use the same password?" and the guy would be off on a long techy explanation about TCP/IP protocols and never actually answer the question.
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Date: 2013-07-31 08:08 am (UTC)*Computer people in particular have an unerring knack at talking way over their users' heads. When the retirement residence facility where my mother lived changed its e-mail system, I went along to the community meeting about this as translator, because I was sure that the tech guy would say nothing that anybody there could understand. Sure enough, someone would ask a simple question like, "Can I use the same password?" and the guy would be off on a long techy explanation about TCP/IP protocols and never actually answer the question.