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The following might be useful to help put your
students in perspective as
the new semester
starts....
Mark Shapiro
http://www.IrascibleProfessor.com
especially for you people with children...too old today,
Just in case you weren't feeling
Beloit College inthis will certainly change things.
Each year the staff at
sense of the mindset ofWisconsin puts
together a list to try to give the faculty a
year's list:that year's
incoming freshmen.
Here is this
this
The people who are starting college
1980.fall across the nation were born in
the
They have no meaningful recollection of
hadReagan Era and probably did not know he
ever been shot.
They were prepubescent when the Persian
Gulf War was waged.
to them
Black Monday 1987 is as significant
brokeas the Great Depression.
There has been only one Pope.
They were 11 when the Soviet Union
apart and do not remember the Cold War.
They have never feared a nuclear war.
space
They are too young to remember the
shuttle blowing up.
Tianamen Square means nothing to them.
included AIDS.Their lifetime has always
and
Bottle caps have always been screw off
albums.plastic.
Atari predates them, as do vinyl
record" means nothingThe expression "you sound like a broken
to them.
player.
They have never owned a record
and
They have likely never played Pac Man
have never heard of Pong.
track.
They may have never heard of an 8
alwaysThe Compact Disc was introduced
when they were 1 year old.
As far as they know, stamps have
cost about 32 cents.
machine.
They have always had an answering
only 13
Most have never seen a TV set with
seen a black-and-whitechannels, nor have they
TV.
They have always had cable.
have
There has always been VCR's, but they
no idea what BETA is.
remoteThey cannot fathom not having a
control.
were
They were born the year that Walkmen
inline forintroduced by Sony.
Roller-skating has always meant
them.
Tonight
Jay Leno has always been on the
Show.
JordacheThey have no idea when or why
play.jeans were cool.
Popcorn has always been cooked in the
microwave.
They have never seen Larry Bird
about
They never took a swim and thought
Jaws.
to
The Vietnam War is as ancient history
were everthem as WWI, WWII and the Civil War.
They have no idea that Americans
held hostage in Iran.
lenses are.
They can't imagine what hard contact
or where heThey don't know who Mork was
was from.
beef?", "I'd
They never heard: "Where's the
de plane!"walk a mile for a Camel," or "de plane,
have no idea who J.R. is.
They do not care who shot J.R. and
we
The Titanic was found? They thought
always knew where it was.
been white.
Michael Jackson has always
Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and
Alabama are places, not groups.
containers.
McDonald's never came in Styrofoam
MTV.
There has always been
typewriter.They don't have a clue how to use a
to other oldtimers!!
Do you feel old yet? Pass this on