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especially for you people with children...
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
that year's
incoming freshmen.
Here is this year's list:
The people who are starting college this
fall across the nation were born in 1980.
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.
Black Monday 1987 is as significant to them
as the Great Depression.
There has been only one Pope.
They were 11 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.
Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
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 about 32 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 has always been VCR's, but they have
no idea what BETA is.
They cannot fathom not having a remote
control.
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 do not care who shot J.R. and have no idea who J.R. is.
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 groups.
McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
There has always been MTV.
They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
Do you feel old yet? Pass this on to other oldtimers!!