Just in case you weren't feeling very old today, this may 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 freshmen. Here is this year's list:
The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1982.
They have no 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 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.
Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
The expression you sound like a broken record means nothing to them because they have never owned a record player.
They have likely never played Pac Man.
The Compact Disc was introduced when they were 1 year old.
They have always had an answering machine.
Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels.
They have always had cable.
There has always been VCRs, but they have no idea what BETA is.
They cannot understand not having a remote control.
They were born the year that the Walkman was introduced by Sony.
Roller-skating has always meant inline for them.
Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
They have never seen Larry Bird play.
They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
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. and do not care who shot him.
Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are places, not groups.
McDonalds never came in Styrofoam containers.
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Posted by David at February 09, 2003 09:49 AM