essay on if I were born in 100years ago
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I’m living in 21st century. However, if I had been born 100 years ago, my life would be completely different. Around 1900, Japan was in middle of Meiji Era. Japan was going to change from agricultural industry to manufacturing industry in this period. Therefore, there was no electricity, no waterworks, and no gas yet. Of course, our ordinary household appliances such as a washing machine, a refrigerator, and a TV didn’t exist yet. This fact would considerably affect my life in 100 years ago. First of all, because of no electricity, I think my life would be simpler than now. For example, I cannot use light at night, so I sleep early and get up early every day. It is very good for health. May be laundering would be hand-washing, but it is good exercise. Therefore, life in 100 years ago is more health than now. Secondly, clothes are also very different. People who lived in this time still wore a kimono in Japan, so there is no T-shirt. Wearing jeans is no way! I would absolutely wear a kimono. I think it is hard to wear it, but I like it because it is cool for me, and it can show Japanese tradition to foreign countries. Finally, I cannot come to Hawaii for studying abroad. It is so sad! I think I would not think about English and studying abroad if I was in this time because I would be not sure about foreign countries. These were my life if I had been born 100 years ago. It is entirely different now. However, I’m confidence for enjoying the life 100years ago.
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Part 1
20th Century Change
Today’s lifestyle, casual and pleasant, greatly differs from the lifestyle 100 years ago. Back then, in 1902, people had a tough time finding jobs to support a family.
Families fought a tough battle keeping their families well feed and well clothed. Some people, such as the coal miners, had to work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, for only about $60 a month. Many people could not afford to pay back their debts, and some lost their savings, homes, and possessions because of this. Coal mining, not easy nor safe, involved high risk, and deaths frequently occurred. With 12 hour days at work coal miners hardly had time to spend with their families, but without their coal mining jobs they could not support a wife and children.
Today, we often take for granted what we have, with our eight-hour workdays, well paying jobs, and qualified workers in every field. With machines replacing many of the extremely strenuous jobs and computers to store much of the work we do, we have a life of luxury compared to what they had in the past. People did not have television to sit down and watch every evening, nor would they have had the time for it. Now, in 2002, we do not have to send workers into the mines to risk their lives, we have machines to do it for us.
Life in 1902 greatly differs from what we live in today. We enjoy life and live it to the fullest because of the technology we have developed through the years. As much as America has changed, from 1902 until 2002, it is difficult to imagine how much change will occur throughout the next century.
Danny ProudMount Pleasant Area High