Something Positive: The Teens Teaching Grandma to Google | Proof That Change Is Possible

Something Positive: The Teens Teaching Grandma to Google | Proof That Change Is Possible

Why this story matters: While challenges remain, stories like this demonstrate that constructive action can make a real difference. Quick summary: This story highlights recent developments related to civic engagement, showing how constructive action can lead to meaningful results. It’s three o’clock on a cold Budapest afternoon, and the sun is already dropping low on the horizon as 64-year-old Györgyi Petik Kis briskly makes her way to the Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library. A beautiful neo-baroque palace, the building is home to the Hungarian capital’s largest public collection of books. But Kis is here neither to read nor to sightsee. Past a busy, bright courtyard, she takes the elevator to the music section, where a couple of teenagers and two older men are waiting. They all sit around tables as the Netrevalók session begins. Over two hours once a month, these sessions bring together older people who need help with “techie stuff” and the generation that can do this best — high school teen…