It is never too late to learn how to use the internet

“Better late than never” or “It is better to be late than to be absent (i don’t get why i included this quote??) “

I know that many seniors (including me) are doing their blogs right now to make up for those delayed blogs. But I am not gong to talk about that. Instead I will share my sentiment and my thoughts to the idea of learning how to use technology and the internet even when you are 40+ years old. It is not too old considering the fact that many people are still healthy beyond this age. As I have observed with people surrounding me, there are so many older people using the internet.

I know some people who have their mommies, daddies, lola’s and lolo’s as friends in facebook. They even play the facebook applications beating younger people. It is a pretty amazing thing considering the fact that some of them have problems with their eyes already.

But not all people beyond the age of 40 or 50 have adapted to the thing called technology. Many are still hesitant into using these mediums of communicating with people. Now the particular technology that concerns me the most is their use of the social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Multiply, MySpace etc. Honestly speaking, my parents, some uncles and aunties are not interested with these social networking sites. Sometimes they think of it as a waste of time and a very effective distraction, which they do not want. Most older people also do not like using the internet because using the computer is becoming harder and more complicated for them. Their view is unlike the views of the majority of people who use the internet to its limit while some even abuse it because they get so much from it.

For me, it is never too late to learn the internet. If some people( like Lola Techie on television) can do it maybe everyone who has hesitation to try it can take the chance to learn it.

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