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scottobearEach 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 1982.
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.
Tiananmen 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 statement "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 probably never Heard of Ping-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 33 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 VCRs, but they have no idea what BETA is.
They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
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 Byrd 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 walked 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.
McDonalds never came in Styrofoam containers.
There has always been MTV.
They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
Here is this year's list:
The people who are starting college this fall across the Nation were born in 1982.
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.
Tiananmen 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 statement "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 probably never Heard of Ping-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 33 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 VCRs, but they have no idea what BETA is.
They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
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 Byrd 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 walked 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.
McDonalds never came in Styrofoam containers.
There has always been MTV.
They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
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Fogie-ism
I hate that
Date: 2000-09-28 07:30 pm (UTC)Re: Fogie-ism
Date: 2000-09-28 07:39 pm (UTC)Re: I hate that
Date: 2000-09-28 07:40 pm (UTC)Re: Huh. I'm old too.
Date: 2000-09-28 07:41 pm (UTC)You seem mentally young, and spry. you'll do ok, I think.
Re: I hate that
Date: 2000-09-28 08:07 pm (UTC)i could get really mad
Date: 2000-09-28 08:31 pm (UTC)Hello, I'm Chelsea. I'm an eighteen-year old college freshman. I am not an idiot. I am not oblivious.
I am annoyed.
Re: Reelin' In The Years
Date: 2000-09-28 10:38 pm (UTC)List
Date: 2000-09-28 11:15 pm (UTC)I must be sort of on middle ground here. I can remember most of the things on the list, like Tiananmen Square, and of course, the fall of the Berlin wall and the end of the cold war, fearing nuclear war etc and I know who Mork is. But there are some things I can't remember, never learned to use a type writer properly, a time before Atari and C64s... :-) The list does make me feel bloody old though.... 1982 ? That was when Duran Duran and Bladerunner ruled. :-)
Thanks for the list, that was a thought provoker.
no subject
Date: 2000-09-28 11:52 pm (UTC)but I still have some records.. and a working Atari.. and a colecovision.. and an intelly..
but I thinks thats because I am a geek....
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listless
Date: 2000-09-29 07:31 am (UTC)Re: listless
Date: 2000-09-29 08:05 am (UTC)Re: Fogie-ism
Re: Fogie-ism
Date: 2000-09-29 09:22 am (UTC)Re: Fogie-ism
Date: 2000-09-29 09:26 am (UTC)Nanu Nanu... Video Killed the Radio Star :P
Here's some food for thought...
Remember Happy Days? How distant and far away the 50s seemed when it was on?
Well, That 70s Show is equally as distant in time now, as Happy Days was then.
Did I just give you chills? ;)
Enjoy your Medimucil, dear :)
Lesson in perspective
Date: 2000-09-29 09:32 am (UTC)It is interesting to think about the Vietman War and some of those other things as ancient history. I'ts also interesting to see that, no matter how old (or young) a person is, they have that 'age is creeping up on me' feeling.
I remember all of that stuff and more.
I don't feel old - it's just my body that tells me so.
Re: Lesson in perspective
Date: 2000-09-29 10:18 am (UTC)Re: Fogie-ism
Date: 2000-09-29 10:19 am (UTC)hehe.
I knew Reagan was shot.
I don't know about Black Monday 1987, but I do know quite a bit about the Great Depression.
I fear nuclear war. Nuclear weapons are still present today, lest you forget, in Communist countries at that.
I've opened my share of non-plastic bottle caps, including those from coke and pepsi bottles, the little metal ones.
I've had TVs with 10 channels.
I've not had cable all my life.
I know what BETA is, it was a much better solution to video cassette recording, as opposed to VHS, but it never took off.
I've been to quite a few roller-skate parties and roller skating rinks where it's not hardly all inline.
I have watched Mork and Mindy! That show was pretty hilarious, I love Robin WIlliams.
I used a typewriter for many years before we got a computer and a printer that worked...
Re: hehe.
Re: hehe.
Date: 2000-09-29 11:42 am (UTC)WHO CARES
Date: 2000-09-29 11:48 am (UTC)Re: WHO CARES
Date: 2000-09-29 12:06 pm (UTC)