2007-02-10 05:52:50 · 7 answers · asked by conflicted.soul 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
The simple answer is: They've been there and done that. Its really not that they are stubborn, its that they have done so many things and gained so much experience that they know better than to jump at something on a whim.
2007-02-10 06:02:14 · answer #1 · answered by eiplanner 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Oh I wouldn't generalize like that I know some pretty free thinking older people and some very judgemental young people.
Generally experience teaches you how to smell out the bs from the flowers and older people just have lived alot more and have more experience than most people under 35.
2007-02-10 14:00:01 · answer #2 · answered by Lizzy-tish 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Age allows you to take a highly limited set of experience and generalize it so that you are able to think you know everything about everything without actually having to make the effort of finding the truth out. Comfort breeds complacency.
2007-02-10 14:15:35 · answer #3 · answered by Runa 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They've lived through a lot more. You have to think that maybe when they were younger they had an open mind, but life experiences have taught them to slam it shut.
2007-02-10 14:01:13 · answer #4 · answered by james m 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your Elders have earn the right..Also they don't make any excuses if they only hear 30% of what you are saying, they don't apology if they can only see 15 feet in front of them when they run a stop sign, they don't apologized when they leve the toilet seat soil because the old bladder has slipped. Why? The feel they have earned it.
2007-02-10 13:58:57 · answer #5 · answered by Sports Maven 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They have been around a lot longer, so they have gained more knowledge and consequently are probably right.
2007-02-10 14:01:20 · answer #6 · answered by SunnyOne 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you respect them then you wont think they are stubbon!
2007-02-10 14:00:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋