1) The document discusses how technology has drastically changed careers in the last 10 years and will continue to do so at a rapid pace. 2) It questions whether people currently in their careers would have chosen something different today given how much technology has changed. 3) Through a survey of friends, family, and strangers, the author found that the vast majority of people would have changed their career path knowing what they know about technological changes today.

1. HOW TECHNOLOGY HAS
AFFECTED MY LIFE
BY: ROBYN WALLACE

2. Once children are old enough to
hold a pencil, they are bombarded
with questions of what they want
to be when they grow up. From
grade one to grade twelve,
students are told to figure out who
they want to be.

3. Asking our students to plan for
the future isn’t the issue. The
issue is that we are asking them
to plan based on TODAY, not the
FUTURE. Technology has
drastically changed in the last ten
years and continues to grow at a
rapid pace.

4. This notion gave me an idea. Would
the people who have completed their
schooling and are currently in their
career change what they had done,
based on what they know today?

5. I asked friends, family members and
strangers to take two pictures. One
with a caption stating their current
job and a second picture with the
caption “knowing what I know today I
would be. . .”

6. Here is what I found. . .

25. Based on what I found, it is clear that
the greater majority of people would
have changed their career path. With
the future of jobs constantly
changing, our students should be
prepared for all possibilities. Our
students should be growing with the
technology, not lagging behind it.