Word: breathitt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Instructor George Breathitt asked an audience of 300 computer enthusiasts in Louisville, Kentucky, how many seniors in the group would like to teach other seniors about computers. A younger member of the audience quipped disdainfully, ``Wouldn't that be the blind leading the blind?'' He was promptly booed: almost half the audience was over 50. In fact, Breathitt, 61, has attracted so many seniors willing to teach -- and learn -- about computers that he founded a successful firm to employ them. So far, his Silver Fox Computer Club has taught about 7,500 students and expanded into four states...
...among its 33 million members. And with more leisure time and discretionary income than many youths, thousands of seniors -- including many who have never before used a computer -- are entering the cyberculture, burying the hoary old-dog-new-tricks axiom. ``Once they get used to handling the mouse,'' says Breathitt, ``they learn faster than teenagers...