FW: are we old?

From: Adam L. Beberg (beberg@mithral.com)
Date: Thu Apr 05 2001 - 15:26:48 PDT


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- Adam L. "Duncan" Beberg
  http://www.iit.edu/~beberg/
  beberg@mithral.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bonna Kauffman
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 2:27 PM
> Subject: are we old?
>
> THE CLASS OF 2004
>
> 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
> 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 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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 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.
>
> 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?



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