UT Austin OTR: The Elderly Improve Their Memory, Students Lose Hair. What�s Wrong With This Picture?

The Elderly Improve Their Memory, Students Lose Hair. What�s Wrong With This Picture?

Posted by SuzClues 07/31/2007 4:49 PM
Category: Tags: elderly, memory

News Flash: Researcher helps older adults boost powers of recall and stay mentally fit

Well isn’t that just fan-freakin-tastic. Yes helping the elderly is always good and altruistic and I can’t really refute it without sounding like an ass-hole but I mean COME ON!

We’re the ones that need to maximize our powers of mental recall. We’re the ones poppin’ adderall out of our PEZ dispensers just to make a passing grade on exams that test every piece of trivia we’ve learned since birth. I don't think it's so much to ask to help students keep their memory and their sanity as well as that of previous generations. Isn’t there some way of mastering test material that doesn’t involve locking yourself in an iron-barred cell with your text books for an entire semester or ingesting illicit stimulants?

I know it’s the School of Nursing’s job to research stuff like this but perhaps they should consider the nursing students require after a 48-hour diet of coffee, red-bull and candy. Talk about medical problems. Maybe Grandma can help me study since my school sure as hell isn’t helping.