{"id":16628,"date":"2017-02-22T17:34:01","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T22:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=16628"},"modified":"2017-02-22T17:34:01","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T22:34:01","slug":"next-gen-views-lets-get-serious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/next-gen-views-lets-get-serious\/","title":{"rendered":"NEXT GEN VIEWS: Let’s Get Serious"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Wyatt Savage<\/strong><\/p>\n

A serious interview with my Grandpa, Paul Savage:
\nToday we will be comparing life from 1957 to 2017, mainly focusing on school-related things.
\nRecently I called up my Grampa to compare his life as a student back in the day, to life as my friends and I know it. Old school – literally – it\u2019s the oldest opinion I could find. I was hoping to find out who had it worse – kids today, or kids 60 years ago?
\nHope you enjoy!<\/p>\n

1. How did you get to school?
\nNow: I take a bus.
\nThen: I never went to school on a bus, I always walked.<\/p>\n

2. What did you have for lunch at
\nschool?
\nNow: It varies every day.
\nThen: A sandwich and milk or fries and milk. <\/p>\n

3. Did you have any homework?
\nNow: I have tons of homework.
\nThen: I had a bit but I didn\u2019t do it, so I did Grade Eleven 3 times.<\/p>\n

4. What happens if you get in trouble at school?
\nNow: My parents take away my phone.
\nThen: My parents would ground me, but I would talk them out of it.<\/p>\n

5. What are you listening to on your Beats by Dre headphones?
\nNow: Some rap that uses slang words that you probably don\u2019t understand.
\nThen: I loved the Beatles, but I could barely hear them because people didn\u2019t know how to make speakers.<\/p>\n

6. What were your chores around the house?
\nNow: Too many things to name them all.
\nThen: Nothing, I was a lazy child. I would just sit on the couch in my overalls and eat fries and a carton of skimmed milk.<\/p>\n

7. What is your favourite Snapchat filter?
\nNow: The face swap filter.
\nThen: Who is Snapchat?<\/p>\n

8. What is your favorite TV series currently on Netflix?
\nNow: 24 Legacy
\nThen: There was no Netflix, only 6 TV channels. My favourite show was Leave It To Beaver. A movie would cost about $1.50.<\/p>\n

9. What was your favorite meal your mom would make you?
\nNow: Nothing, all she makes are salads.
\nThen: Roast beef and Yorkshire Pudding.<\/p>\n

10. What do you think kids should do or should have done differently with their lives?
\nNow: Be less boring.
\nThen: Get more fresh air and get off their GBin (I think he meant XBox)<\/p>\n

So there you have it, the comparison of a kid\u2019s life now versus back then! These answers are word for word exactly what my Grandpa said. There were some questions where I got answers that were not suitable for the newspaper so I didn\u2019t include them for obvious reasons – but whatever. Thank you grandpa!
\nRespect your elders kids!<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Wyatt Savage A serious interview with my Grandpa, Paul Savage: Today we will be comparing life from 1957 to 2017, mainly focusing on school-related things. Recently I called up my Grampa to compare his life as a student back in the day, to life as my friends and I know it. Old school – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[29,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-columns","category-opinion"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-4kc","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 07:32:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}