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Then: Had to watch what was on television when it aired and sit through commercials.

Now: Programs are on demand, recorded, paused and commercials (if there are any) can be skipped.

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Then: you had to get up to change the channel on the TV

Now: you use a remote control

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Then: All phones had to be plugged into the wall.

Now: People can carry their phones with them.

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Then: Ships looked like pirate ships.

Now: People go on cruise ships.

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Then: People went on boats to find new places.

Now: We go on ships for fun.

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Then: Mail traveled by Pony Express.

Now: Mail is on trucks and airplanes.

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Then: People could not go to space.

Now: People have ships to go to space.

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Then: They used wagons to move people.

Now: We use cars to move around.

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Now: We listen to music on iPods

Then: We listened to music on record players.

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This is what the first computer I used looked like.

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in the past instead of motorbikes they had bikes

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Then: They wrote on slates.

Now: We use paper, whiteboards and tablets!

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Then: We had to look up the meanings of words we didn't know in an actual dictionary!

Now: Kids can look up words on cell phones and tablets!

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then: teachers had to live with one of their students

Now: Teachers live with their own family.

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Then: One room school house.

Now: We have a bunch of classrooms.

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Then and Now: Boys wore/wear pants.

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Then: Girls wore skirts.

Now: Girls can wear pants to school.

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Then: Dried their clothes on clotheslines.

Now: We dry our clothes in dryers.

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Then: There was a fireplace to cook their lunches.

Now: Buy in the cafeteria.

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Then: Radios for news

Now: Television

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Then: Candles for light

Now: Electricity

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Then: They rode horses places.

Now: We drive cars.