Technology has brought us many changes and people's lives have changed tremendously because of the
development of the society. Some people believe that the challenges that people encounter today
are pretty much the same as they were in the past. However, I believe this is a misunderstanding.
 Actually, along with the technological improvement of our world, people need to face different
challenges than several decades ago. 
The quality of education, in some ways, shapes the future of a nation, so every government pays
close attention to it, which means students have to get better degrees in today's competitive
society. In the past, people who graduated from high-schools could get very good jobs and decent
salaries, but today students, in order to get a well-paid job, should at least graduate from
college. Some even continue studying in a graduate school so as to live a better life. Thus,
students today are forced to have a very tight schedule, and they are always occupied by their
assignments, exams, and papers. Accordingly, those challenges in education could never happen
in the past.
 
Also, even if students could get a job in companies, they still need to face more challenging
tasks in their office. Fifty years ago, people were usually asked to do one assignment at a
time, and the workload was not that heavy; yet in today's real jungle of the competitive world,
people have to try everything to improve and train themselves to have the skills of multitasking
in order to avoid being replaced by competitors from both inside and outside of their companies. 
It is just like that when the boss is having a meeting and giving lectures, employees should be
capable of writing reports as well as preparing next conference at the same time. In this case,
challenges today are not very much the same as they were in the past.
 
Finally, people tend to go to gyms more frequently than ever before, for they have to keep fit
and stay healthy. Life today is hectic, people have so much work to do these days, yet the time
is forever limited. Students often study until midnight to finish their daily homework, workers
usually work overtime in their companies dealing with their projects and assignments. Under these
circumstances, such things will bring too much pressure and burden to these people, if they do not
have a strong body or being energetic all day, they are unlikely to satisfy their teachers, parents,
and bosses. Therefore, going to the gym to do physical exercise more is not something that people
in the past could ever imagine.
 
It is quite obvious that people are facing various challenges today, which is why I totally agree
such statement.