I don't know about your questions but I have a kindergartner that just put a check mate on me today that I never seen coming!!  

This is from just watching his older brother and me play chess maybe 10 times.  

Was his second game we played and I thought I would go alittle easy on him, crap I guess I can't let my guard down long with "kids these days"!!!   He could beat the crap out of most people on any video game he plays.  Teacher also says he is way ahead of his class.

Which brings me to this.  Kids today before school get on the internet and interact with people from all over the world, can do stuff on computers that will boggle my mind and then we send them to school that is far behind the times we live in and far behind where we are going.  And then we wonder why they can't focus when they are trying to be dumbed down in school....

I think you will not be able to find a pencil or pen maker in 20 years.  and it will prolly be sooner than that.