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My Grandmother is always telling me how society was better off during her time as a child. To her, the grass was always greener, the food tasted better, he sky was bluer... But, looking back, people were much more content with what they had. Our constant strive to get the latest, fastest, biggest, and most expensive new product has kind of distracted us from what is really important. But, at the same time, with our dissatisfaction with our knowledge of the world around us has for the most part , made our society a little bit stronger. Sure, its not the most important thing (to me anyway) about who had the newest cell phone or whose car can go faster than mine, but as a whole, we have grown more tolerant and understanding towards things we don't understand. In 1935 (when my grandmother was 11), the average life span of an American was only 61.7 years! With polio and measles their high point, and the worst economic disaster in history, I would have to say that things were looking a little grim. With amazing advancements in modern medicine and health care, the average life span of an American is 84.8 years old.

Even with the steady decline of today's economy, it is still stronger than it was in 1935. During the Great Depression, unemployment rates were skyrocketing. People would line up for blocks to try to get a job that will play maybe 50 cents an hour. For others, people would also line up for blocks, but to get a bowl of soup and slice of bread. People lost their life savings. Families were homeless, children couldn't go to school because they had to work to help support their families. Things didn't look so great in the 1930's. By the time the 1940's arrived. Europe was in the midst of the German invasion. By 1944, America entered the war. It drastically boosted the American economy, but hundreds of thousands of young Americans were sent off to Europe. Two out of three of my Grandmother's brothers were went to war. One was sent to the Pacific where he fought on Wakefield Island and came back with a Purple Heart. The other was a pilot an was shot down and never came back. I, personally, think living in a time where we aren't drafting soldiers (yet) to go to war, and we are not in the worst economic time in history (yet), and where people are expected to live longer than 60 years is much more comfortable than living in the time of my grandparents.

We now live in a world where the world itself is at our fingertips. With one click of a mouse, we can find almost any piece of information we can imagine. Everything is possible. Science has exceeded the expectations of human capabilities, and will continue to do so until we kill ourselves with it. Times right now are not perfect, in fact, they are far from it, but i really do believe we have it easier than the world did in 1935.

 

 

Alex Moser ---- Good paper some grammatical errors "was " i think you meant war. Good job comparing and contrasting between generations but i think it would be more helpful to expand a little more because some might not know what your talking about. Over all enjoyed it a good topic but a little short . Hoped it helped

 

 

Liz Wilson---

Your essay is very informative. I liked how you used certain things from stories your grandmother has told you about from when she was growing up. You should add a little more opinion into your writing and maybe be more specific on why you think we have it easier now then 1935. Compare and Contrast the two time periods and add a little length.

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