This article talks about the differences in education from the 1900s to now, it talks about both the at home life and the school life from both time periods. In the first part of the article Rubin talks about how before and after school kids had chores they had to do and how many of them walked up to a mile to get to school everyday. Showing that back in the early 1900s kids were a lot more responsible and eager to learn than they are now. She then goes on to talk about how teachers had strict guidelines they had to follow that varied from something as simple as no smoking to something as seemingly bizarre as not to be caught lingering in an ice cream parlor for too long. Next she talks about how classrooms have changed for example how kids
