Assignment 2- Nick Joseph

It is crazy to think about what life would have been like 20 years ago, but particularly how it would have been to grow up then.  Obviously, technology has had a large impact on my childhood, as I would imagine it has for everyone else.  Quite frankly, technology in the lives of kids has always been a pretty polarizing issue.  Some people see it as a give everyone every possible advantage situation, while others see it as maintaining some of the tradition that goes along with a lack of technology.  I tend to lean more towards the latter side.  Do not get me wrong, I believe technology is extremely beneficial to our everyday lives and use it as much as the next guy.  I just believe that a childhood with limited technology pushes other values.  This was certainly true 20 years ago, when kids turned to baseball, the pool, and board games instead of video games, movies, and the internet.  In this time period, life in general was a lot simpler.  Without technology, there were surely fewer distractions and less stress.  Parents could leave their work at work and come home to their families.  They were not always accessible to anyone at any time.  I believe that this would be a great and healthy way to grow up- with limited access to the technology that our lives are so centered around today.