Class today was kind of a review on a lot of the basic stuff we all have been taught since we were in elementary school. The beginning of the railroad system and telegraph in 1840. The railroad industry gave hundreds of people jobs when times were tuff. With the creation of the railroad the way of life began to change and it was the beginning of a new era. I’m not gonna lie hearing about the railroad, telegraph, and electric light was slightly boring and it was hard to stay focused. It is always nice to hear about how the world became the way it is today. I did think the image with all of the telephone lines was cool to see! They had so many different lines going in every direction and in todays time we just have one on both sides of the street. The one topic in class that I found very interesting was the discussion about time zones. I guess I had always known that their just wasn’t time zones from the beginning of time, but I never really put much thought into it. If I lived back in the day it would drive me crazy having to rely on the sun to know what time it was. I guess they were just use to it and didn’t know any other way. Even though daylight savings time drives me crazy and takes a couple weeks to adjust, overall it has made life a lot easier. Our history on the world and inventions are incredibly important and I hope that they never stop teaching this in elementary school because every generation needs to know how technology, time, and space came about.