Whatever my motives for continuing, I have learned not to consider myself as typical. But, many faculty will not work at public terminals and will not tolerate learning from unreadable manuals. Probably they are the sane ones. Fortunately for society, the sane people predominate and insist on ease of use. My experience has been typical, however, in that I learn like an adult.
Kids still have to jump in over their heads.
Teachers make assignments, and most kids jump in and figure they'll learn as they do it. And it may take weeks to even learn the basics. I need to remember that truth when I teach a complex program like word processing to colleagues. I now refuse to explain bells and whistles until I've covered all the basics. It's a great introduction to being the first kid on your English-Department block who is computer literate.