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Posted by on April 30, 2008, 3:13 pm
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>No, most of this "the elderly are inept" comes from other people.
[...]
Exactly. And those "other people" do not necessarily have good
communication skills. Did you ever notice that some people,
when an oldster doesn't comprehend first time around, RAISE
their voices, as though YELLING would help! Instead they might think
through HOW they have communicated. Such an analysis might reveal
that they spoke as though, e.g. to their peer group, using slurred,
rapid diction, "in-group" terminology, and an all-round condescending
attitude.
It is true that a certain cohort of older people, especially females,
were not cultured to use critical thinking, therefore may be somewhat
less able to quickly analyze the content and method of a verbal
communication.
This is particularly applicable to the older female who, after the
death of her spouse, is left floundering because, having been
"protected" all through a long marriage, she was never required to
develop critical thinking skills.
OTOH, educated, incisive, analytic, unconventional older females --
and their non-sexist male counterparts -- are well-eqipped to embrace
new technology, as well as to debunk shallow, media-imposed thinking.
Aspasia
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