Got news for you. 19 and 25 are young--not old. I am in my early 50s, and that's not old, either, just middle aged. My father is in his mid 80s. That's old, but at least he still has most of his marbles. His hearing is going, and he does dither a little bit, but that's common among the elderly.
His hearing problem caused me a big problem last year, when I got a horrid summer cold/flu. I got the worst case of laryngitis in my life, that lasted for weeks. I was absolutely unable to make any vocal sounds at all--not any! All I could do was air whispers. My father kept calling me every day to check up on me. Because of his hearing problem, he couldn't hear my whispers, and kept telling me to speak up. I kept whispering to him that I couldn't speak up because of my laryngitis. He drove me crazy for weeks doing this. I hated answering the phone every time he called, but if I had not answered, he would have come over, which would have been even more stressful. Also, he has a heart condition, so I didn't want him to get sick, too.
He needs to get a hearing aid:!:
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Me......but not because of my age.....because I just graduated from university (finally) and I don't know what I'm going to do with my life or if I have the skills necessary to contribute to society and live like an adult at all. I never thought too much about this during uni because I was a student and I was (eventually...when I was really interested in what I was studying so finally found the motivation to stay in school) very good at playing this role. I could live a child-life for the most part while studying. I know I could go to grad school but what I was really good at in undergrad was retaining a lot of info and regurgitating it. I can be a good writer when I work at it but I'm not an amazing writer and I have to struggle to write good essays/ papers. In undergrad there are multiple choice + short answer exams (in Psychology) or analysis of data sets which involves memory and the application of simple logical theories but no essay writing (in Linguistics). In grad school (for both Linguistics and Psych) the two subjects I'd be interested in......the whole programs are writing papers and then a thesis. I suck at jobs.....I'm slow, bad at multi tasking and socially awkward (and don't have any great skills with computers or anything to make up for this). Anyways I feel like everything is changing now bcs this is the time when I'm supposed to go out in to the world and try to make it. I don't like this change.
His hearing problem caused me a big problem last year, when I got a horrid summer cold/flu. I got the worst case of laryngitis in my life, that lasted for weeks. I was absolutely unable to make any vocal sounds at all--not any! All I could do was air whispers. My father kept calling me every day to check up on me. Because of his hearing problem, he couldn't hear my whispers, and kept telling me to speak up. I kept whispering to him that I couldn't speak up because of my laryngitis. He drove me crazy for weeks doing this.

He needs to get a hearing aid:!:
Yeah, I know I'm not old but I feel my youth slipping out of reach. haha
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I'm feeling change right now, since last week. Last two ones were of preparation, attending some lectures and learning basic portuguese, but since last one the real deal began, teaching 14-17 years olds about sustainability and... I feel the difference. Normaly I used to be drowsy throrough the day, but now I feel some sort of energy, some sort of motivation in everything I do, as I feel my work there is more demanding and more trascendental than anything I've done before. next week we (me and the other three members of my group) will be teaching them about entrepeneurship, how to make all their ideas a reality, and to go with that we're going to talk with the principal of the school about kickstarting a recycling program. I'm normally a rather passive person, but now I'm one of the most motivated, who wants to get things done. I haven't wasted excessive time on a computer since Sunday. Big changes ahead!
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