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Are you old?
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> This one may scare you a little!
> 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 years 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.
> 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
> 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 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.
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