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Lifelong learning for everyone

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Don't let an urban myth stop you learning 'It's harder to learn new things as you get older,  your memory isn't as good'    Utter nonsense!  This is one of those urban myths that we've heard so many times that we now actually believe it.   You can learn at any age.  It's nothing to do with our memory and not being able to learn things as fast.  What it comes down to is ... having the time .  Remember as a child when you'd do things over and over and over again to learn something new.  That snazzy little dance routine that you and your friends put together, the one where you practised almost every hour of every day for the whole summer holiday.  You didn't have to go to work, or do the bills, or look after the family, or do the shopping etc.  You had all the time in the world to learn something new. We simply don't have the luxury of time as an adult, there's always something else that needs doing.  S...