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Stories

It’s Graduation Time!

by K. Gitter

Published May 11, 2017

It's Graduation Time!

My how times have changed!!!!

Graduating in the 80s I longed for a typewriter, an answering machine and a pen. Todays kids don’t type, don’t answer phones and barely write… AND, they pay for things with their thumbs???

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Remember when people would pay with these?

LinkedIn

 

NOW, they actually pay with THIS (click link):

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Remember when we would travel with a set of these?

 

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NOW it’s THESE (wheels included) – (Click Link):

 

Amazon

 

 

THEN… a notebook was this:

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NOW…A Notebook is THIS (iPAD Mini) – (Click Link):

 

Amazon

 

or THIS (Click link):

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Remember taking a typewriting class AND having to do 60 words per minute?

THEN…A Typewriter was THIS:

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NOW a Typewriter is THIS (Click Link):

Amazon

 

Remember taking cursive and penmanship in class?

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THEN…Pens were THIS: 

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NOW they are THIS (Click Link):
“NOTE”: You still have to know how to sign your name! And don’t forget, cursive is returning to schools!

 

Amazon

 

Remember taking books out from the library with this?

Pinterest

This is how we read THEN:

Fine Art America


This is Reading NOW (Click Link):

Amazon

 

Here’s a MUST HAVE with your KINDLE (Subscription: 30 Days Free!)

 

Were you an organized mess? This was a desk THEN:

Pinterest

Papers NO MORE!! This is a desk NOW (Click Link):

Amazon

 

Who needs a photographer? This was THEN:

 

Pinterest


This is photography NOW
 (Click Link):

 

Wall Street Journal

Remember taking hearing tests in school, and wearing these? Headphones THEN:

Pinterest/Flickr

Headphone NOW: Headphone Buying Guide (Click Link)

 

Amazon

 

 

Remember watching TV on these?

YouTube

 

NOW, we watch on THESE (Click Link):

Amazon

 

Congratulations to all the graduates out there!!!

Tell us what you want for your big day…
What do you want to be when you grow up?

 

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