Gadgets in Our Lives

📱 How Many Gadgets Live in My House? — by Amy, Grade 7

For our class project, Ms Green asked us to count every gadget in our homes. I thought my family had about ten. I was very wrong.
I walked round the house with a notebook. In the living room: a TV, a games console, two remote controls and a smart speaker. In the kitchen: a microwave, a coffee machine and a radio. Then there were phones — five phones for four people, because Dad has one for work and one for “everything else”.
The total was thirty-seven. Thirty-seven! Even our toothbrushes are electric, and my little brother has a teddy bear that tells stories when you press its tummy.
The funniest gadget is Grandma’s. She has a tablet, but she uses it as a chopping board. Honestly. She says the screen is “nice and flat”. Dad nearly fainted when he saw it.
Counting made me think. Every evening, my family sits in the same room, but everyone is looking at a different screen. So we have made a new rule: from seven to eight o’clock, all gadgets go in a basket in the hall. The first evening was strange and quiet. By the third evening, we were playing cards and laughing. Grandma won every game.