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January 12, 1985, KNOT-TV, Minot, ND - At the time, the year 2000 was 15 years away - it might as well have been the far distant future for 2nd and 3rd graders at Perkett Elementary School in Minot. I asked them to draw pictures showing what life might be like in 2000 and wite a little about what they hope to be doing then. The result was a fun, entertaining feature story. It's just as fun to watch today, a decade beyond 2000, comparing the predictions with reality. Transferred from 3/4 inch videotape via ADVC 300 and into iMovie HD. From Keith Darnay's personal video collection.

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  • people thought we would have flying cars....

    all we got are crappy electrics

  • Now those kids are in their 30s and in dead end jobs. If they can find jobs at all anymore. When I consider what kind of world we could have made for ourselves by now I can't help but think we took a wrong turn somewhere. :(

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  • @kctheiler

    Cheers!

  • @Arikiel

    Well that's uplifting... thanks a lot.

  • This is exactly what modern day looks like. I don't see anything wrong with these predictions. robots make my bed and clean my dishes, and i have 2 houses on Jupiter. these kids are brilliant.

  • @ricarleite

    They're 2nd graders...

  • Kids now would draw the same things. We always expect robots and flying cars but they never come.

  • the robot stuff is pretty much right but the space stuff we are not even close to tho there are ways for your average joe to go into splace tho you have to pay a arm and a leg

  • robot teachers? omg... they are right!

  • The kids in the late 80's been watching too many Jetsons cartoons lol

    btw I was a year old in 1985 and now 27. And I don't see any robots lol

  • @Arikiel Were we went wrong was 911

  • I want to be in a >SPACE BAR< drinking a cold beer, looking down at the earth.

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