Backpacks: what was in them before versus today?

Everyone knows that technology is advancing. What we use today is so different from what we used a year ago, let alone a decade ago. Another thing that is changing, particularly for students, is what gets put into the carry-all of high school and college: the backpack.

This infographic by our friends at Rasmussen takes a look at the last couple of decades of backpacks and what is getting put inside them. What's that beeping? It's a pager, of course. Try asking today's students about pages - they may not even know what they are.

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