Life in the 1960's and Today

Fifty years of Technology and Fashion There are many differences in life for not only teenagers but for everyone from fifty years ago compared to today. The most tremendous differences do seem to affect teenagers more than adults. Some of the most important are related to fashion, technology, school and work. In the 60’s fashion have many similarities but also many differences to the present. A few very popular fashion items in the 60’s such as baby doll dresses, miniskirts, and hippie dresses are still very popular today. There are many fashion items that are not so popular, one of these are smocks. The 1960’s put forth the emerge of unisex clothing such as denim jeans, which is worn by both male and female and is still very popular today. As we see fashion over time stays the same obviously making some small changes and this trend will probably continue to be the outline of fashion in the future. Technology has also dramatically improved in the last 50 years. In the 60’s if you had a landline phone in your home you were considered lucky, and mobile phones did not exist. Whereas today most homes have a landline phone and most teenagers have a mobile phone. Televisions were also rare in the 60’s and if you were lucky enough to have one it was not in color, only black and white. Today to find a black and white television is like finding an antique treasure. Most televisions today are color and in high definition. Also where in the 60’s not many people had a telephone or television, today there are very few homes without them. School life is also an example of dramatic change in the last 50 years. In the 60’s corpal punishment, for example, the ruler was still used in schools, whereas now it’s not. It was normal for teenagers to drop out of school before finishing a 12 year school period whereas today teens are expected to finish high school and even go on to college. In the 60’s there was no