Month: December 2023

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They Call Us "Elderly"

    • We were born in the 40-50-60's.
    • We grew up in the 50-60-70's.
    • We studied in the 60-70-80's.
    • We were dating in the 70-80-90's.
    • We got married and discovered the world in the 70-80-90's.
    • We venture into the 80-90's.
    • We stabilize in the 2000's.
    • We got wiser in the 2010's.
    • And we are going firmly through and beyond 2020.
    • Turns out we've lived through EIGHT different decades…
    • TWO different centuries…
    • TWO different millennia…
    • We have gone from the telephone with an operator for long–distance calls to video calls to anywhere in the world.
    • We have gone from slides to YouTube, from vinyl records to online music, from handwritten letters to email and Whats App.
    • From live matches on the radio to black and white TV, color TV, and then to 3D HD TV.
    • We went to the Video store and now we watch Netflix.
    • We got to know the first computers, punch cards, floppy disks and now we have gigabytes and megabytes on our smartphones.
    • We wore shorts throughout our childhood and then long trousers, Oxfords, flares, shell suits & blue jeans.
    • We dodged infantile paralysis, meningitis, polio, tuberculosis, swine flu, and now COVID-19.
    • We rode skates, tricycles, bicycles, mopeds, and petrol or diesel cars and now we drive hybrids or electric.
    • Yes, we've been through a lot but what a great life we've had!
    • They could describe us as "essentials," people who were born in that world of the fifties, who had an analog childhood and a digital adulthood.
    • We've kind of "Seen-It-All"!
    • Our generation has literally lived through and witnessed more than any other in every dimension of life.
    • It is our generation that has literally adapted to "CHANGE."
    • A big round of applause to all the members of a very special generation, which will be UNIQUE!
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He's Not Wrong

He's right. We didn't have Civics when I was in high school in the 70s. But we did have American Government, a requirement for graduation. I took it my junior year, and it was taught by one of the most amazing teachers in the school.