Just the annual, make you feel even more like an old fart message:
"The Class Of 2005"
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
mind set 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 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.
Black Monday, 1987 is as significant to them
as the Great Depression.
There has been only one Pope.
They were 10 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.
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
born.
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 & 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 after 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.
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.
The Titanic was found? They thought we always
knew.
Michael Jackson has always been white.
Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama
are places, not rock bands.
McDonalds never came in Styrofoam containers.
There has always been MTV.
They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
Do you feel old yet? Sorry to burst your bubble...
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