OT: College Freshmen
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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 1983.
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.
There has been only one Pope in their lifetime.
They were 10 when the Soviet Union broke apart and do not remember the
Cold War.
They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
Tiananmen 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.
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.
The Weather Channel was already One year old when they were born.
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.
Feeling old Yet? There's more:
They have always been able to rent movies.
They don't immediately know what "two all beef patties, special sauce,
lettuce, cheese, pickles, onion, on a sesame seed bun" is.
They were born the year that Walkman 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. (The correct
answer, by the way, is Ork)
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. was.
Michael Jackson has always been white.
Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are places, not bands...
There has always been MTV.
They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
Do you feel old yet? If you do, then pass this on to some other old
fogies ..... but don't send it back to me, I feel old enough.
RedFox
No offence intended, but doesn't this just show how ignorant America's youth
is?
-RedFox
Max Lords
"RedFox" <red...@firenet.ws> wrote in message
> No offence intended, but doesn't this just show how ignorant America's
youth
> is?
>
> -RedFox
>
That's exactly what it does. And I STILL don't know why Jordache jeans were
cool :)
Anyway, he's making a pathetic generalization, and MANY kids starting in
college ARE still aware of that stuff. Without a quantatative analysis and
polling of the student populace of many colleges, you jsut can't make claims
like that based on anything but the opinion that "the kids don't know shit".
So disregard unresearched statements! :)
Cactuar Island
wrote:
>>
>> Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums.
>>
Which always amazes me when you see kids in high school wearing Atari
t-shirts. What kind of oxymoron is that?
RedFox
> >>
> >> Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums.
> >>
>
> Which always amazes me when you see kids in high school wearing Atari
> t-shirts. What kind of oxymoron is that?
It's Chic. The kids probably don't know what it means, it's just a retro
style icon now :/
-RedFox