Just in case you weren't
feeling too old today, this will certainly change things. Each year the staff at Beloit
College in Wisconsin puts together a list to try to give the Faculty a sense of the
mindset of this year's incoming freshman.
Here is this year's list:
The people who are starting
college this fall across the nation were born in 1990.
They have no meaningful recollection of the
Reagan Era and probably did not know he had ever been shot.
They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf
War was waged.
They weren't alive when the Soviet Union broke
apart and do not remember the Cold War.
They have never feared a nuclear war.
They are too young to remember the space
shuttle blowing up.
Tianamen Square means nothing to them.
Bottle caps have always been screw off and
plastic.
Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums.
The expression "You sound like a broken
record" means nothing to them. They have never owned a record player.
They have likely never played Pac Man and
have never heard of Pong.
They may have never heard of an 8 track. The
Compact Disc was introduced when they were 1 year old.
As far as they know, stamps have always cost
at least 30+ cents.
They have always had an answering machine.
Most have never seen a TV set with only 13
channels, nor have they seen a black and white TV. They have always had cable.
There have always been VCRs, but they have no
idea what BETA was.
They cannot fathom not having a remote
control.
They don't know what a cloth baby diaper is,
or know about the "Help me, I've fallen and I can't get up" commercial.
They were born the year that Walkmen were
introduced by Sony.
Roller skating has always meant inline for
them.
Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans
were cool.
Popcorn has always been cooked in the
microwave.
They have never seen Larry Bird play.
They never took a swim and thought about
Jaws.
The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them
as WWI, WWII and the Civil War.
They have no idea that Americans were ever
held hostage in Iran.
They can't imagine what hard contact lenses
are.
They don't know who Mork was or where he was
from.
They never heard: "Where's the
beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel," or "De plane, de plane!"
They have no idea who J.R. was, and don't
care who shot him.
The Titanic was FOUND? They thought we always
knew where it was.
Michael Jackson has always been
"white."
Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama
are places, not rock bands.
McDonalds never came in styrofoam containers.
Do you feel old yet?
~Author Unknown~
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