THE CLASS OF 2005...yikes!!!
Just in
case you weren't feeling old enough 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 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
no 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.
Tianamen 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.
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 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. (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.
Feeling Old
Member #: 9515
Registered: 1996-2001
Posted:
21
Name:
C. Martin
Name:
C. Martin
Occupation:
Ingress/ Cert tech - Installer
Location:
Jackson, MS
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