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Is it better that the seniors are not left behind in technology?
In my family, we have to communicate by emails to keep in touch
But many members of the older generation get left out of these conversations
I worry about them
Seniors may be a group of people we ignore
Technology is a thing most of us are excited about
Especially with kids, they start playing with computers in an early age
I volunteer in the program named "computer skills for seniors"
which is organized by the Learning Disabilities Association of Toronto District
This program is to teach seniors the basic computer skills
like how to type a document, to save the document as a file
to surf internet and to create their own email accounts
to teach them the above skills I need to tell them step by step repeatedly
and with a lot of patience
Sometimes I circle and get frustrated because some of them are cast aside as slow learners
However, when they can do it I feel great and proud of them!
I have stayed in this program for 9 months
and feel it is great to teach seniors to surf the internet
and communicate with their family members, relatives and friends with emails
and also know more about the world
Seniors come to this program to make more friends so they don't think they are isolated and left alone
I still get emails from my brothers in Hong Kong who writes me about our parents
maybe someday they can write me themselves