Caporegime
Maybe his dad could show him how to fix things, rather than complaining to strangers on a forum that he's a spazz?
Perhaps he's tried?
Maybe his dad could show him how to fix things, rather than complaining to strangers on a forum that he's a spazz?
How would a 15yr old who is being given a PC by his dad know what to do? I guess its best he just took the side panel off and started taking it apart potentially causing more damage just in the sake of 'learning'.
Aye, in some ways computers back in the 90's were actually simpler than some modern ones.I opened our 486 DX-33 home PC around 1994, and fiddled around with it - Ended up breaking it (bent pins on the CPU most likely) - I was about 12.
I guess I started learning my way around them from then on, but in some ways they were quite simple - IDE cables to everything. We didn't have things like cooler pumps. No way I would have figured that out.
At 20 months my daughter was obsessed with Teletubbies, I’d say that’s progress!
I've noticed something similar to a degree, and to my mind at least part of it is the drop in home ownership and thus people doing DIY repairs etc (same with cars where you used to be able to most of the repairs yourself), as things like watching and helping a parent to do things like change taps, put up shelving etc all encourages you to learn how things go together and give you some confidence to try it yourself, and then apply the same principles to other projects that might be completely different, but the basics are always the same (think about it, work it out, keep notes/remember how something came apart if doing a repair..).Probably something that isn't helping is it seems kids don't seem to be taught to be inquisitive as much any more - far more often they get participation awards for going through the motions of an activity instead of the end product of building something being the reward.
Definitely though it seems each generation is less inclined to spend the time to teach the next one the basics, etc. but everyone has to start somewhere and/or find their entry into a subject - unless someone is an incredibly motivated self-starter by nature people generally can't just jump out of bed and carry out an activity they don't have the knowledge to even know where to start.
Certainly have seen a change overall in the school leaver age new starters at work over the last 10 years or so.
Schools taught me nothing except how to study for exams.
I learnt everything of use for my current job in IT from internet forums :/
. I'm putting all my eggs in my 5yr old
School only trains you to pass exams for government stats.
Really? Alongside all the standard subjects I learned woodwork, metalwork, car/bike maintenance, DIY and cooking. Never took a single exam in any of those.
A lot of the younger teenagers that I teach don't even know how to use email, install basic software on Windows and are generally unwilling to fiddle about with software to work it out. It's very surprising but makes sense as they've grown up using touch screen devices where everything is super user friendly.
Harsh, but fair.I put my 6 year old up for adoption as it couldn't rewire my house.