A bit earlier than me, then. Brought up on log tables and slide rules, we were the first to be allowed electronic calculators in maths "O" level (1974).EC8010.... I did go to UK schooling and Uni during the slide-rule time.
Ah, but today's lot have no fear. They've been brought up in a sterile, danger-free environment, so they do not recognize danger when it lurks. When I was teaching, students would cheerfully rearrange their circuits with power applied. Although one managed to explode a 741, in general, solid-state electronics doesn't fight back.I find it interesting that all my recent test equipment exposed to 30V rms and above immediately flags a dangerous over voltage. An overkill as one might say. Although now in Germany one looks back to those high risk days, that in perspective today´s lot should have no excuse for getting electric jolts !
In the end, it's all about attitude of mind; you need controlled and informed fear.