Old School:  5 Things Kids Today Will Never Do

Going old school means different things to different generations. For some of us, it means rotary phones. For others, it means cell phones and not smartphones.

As I get older, I realize more and more that I'm reaching an age where I find myself saying (or at least thinking) phrases that begin with "in my day"  Yep. I'm getting old.  I realize that what I identify as going old school would be ancient to today's kids.

Finding Your Friend’s Number in the Phone Book

That huge stack of bound pages had every number we’d ever need, and if it was unlisted, you were just out of luck. We used to get the phonebook delivered in the mail once a year.

Making the perfect playlist from the radio while pausing over commercials and recording again when our song came on is nothing compared to what kids can do today with software. And oh the pencil trick...too good.

Listening to Music on Cassette Tapes

Remember when the most awful thing you ever had to do was untangle the snarl that was your phone cord? It got all twisted up, and you could never figure out how to get it quite right again.

Phone Cord Frustration

Kids today will never experience the true accomplishment of blowing into a game cartridge and finding that it finally worked again.

Video Game Blow Trick

Today, kids can Google anything and get more information on a subject than they’d ever need. Back in our day, we had to go the public library to do our research. If we were lucky, we had encyclopedias at home.

Set of Encyclopedias

Taking a walk down memory lane and going old school is a real eye-opener into how much has changed over the years. What kids today consider to be tough would have been a magical experience for us back in the day.