Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Life today is easier and more comfortable than it was when your grandparents were children. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Even though there is a popular agreement that
life
today is harder and uncomfortable than it was when your grandparents were children,I have a different opinion. I totally disagree with
this
. There are two reasons why I think
this
is critically important, which I will explore in the following essay.
To begin
with, the world has changed since my
parents
were young. Nowadays, it is easier than
the
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past ten
years
to commute ,and
people
are able to spend their
lives
anywhere around the world because
the
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transportation is so convenient. My personal experience is a compelling example of
this
. About five
years
ago, I was planning to take a vacation to Europe for 2 weeks. My job gave
two
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me two
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weeks
vacation
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paid and I was able to request the vacations in advance to manipulate my leisure plans.
This
made my
life
easier when I organized.
On the other hand
, when my
parents
were bureaucrats, they did not have long vacations like me because there
were
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shortage
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a shortage
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of staff. If I had worked for the government, I would not
had
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had
long
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a long
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vacation like
this
.
Therefore
, traveling is easier than
the
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past
that
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make my
parents
were not able to travel as much as they could.
Secondly
, In
this
modern
life
,
technology
is a part of
people
's
lives
and it
uses
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easier than
the
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in the
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past ten
years
. It helps
people
to have comfortable
lives
. During
pandemic
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a pandemic
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,
people
are using
technology
to work
remote
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, students are
also
using the benefits of
technology
to take classes at home.
For instance
, I have been taking classes at home for
a
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several
of
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years
since the pandemic
has
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started.
This
is
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not only
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the expenses from
the
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public transportation but it is
also
save
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saves
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my time to avoid traffic during rush hour. If I had taken
the
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public transportation, I would have paid
a
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hundreds
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dollar
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per month.
However
, when my
parents
were children, they were able to travel only in the country and they had to use a map for navigation because the
technology
did
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not easy to access.
As a result
,
technology
will make
people
’s
lives
are convenient than
the
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past. In conclusion, I strongly believe that I have an easier and better
life
than my
parents
had just a few decades ago.  
This
is because I enjoy much more leisure time than they did
,
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and because
technology
is easier than
the
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in the
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past to access.
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