Re: FRI: Feel old yet?
From: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu)
Thu Aug 28 08:34:21 2003
Interestingly enough, we ran out of microwave popcorn just the other
night and I showed my kids how to make it on top of the stove in the
frying pan. They were fascinated.
--
Anna Meenan, MD (from 20 miles south of Beloit College)
At Wed, 27 Aug 2003, DoctorJoe@aol.com wrote:
>
>We see this every year. Time to do it again.
>
>
>Born Before 1985? Then You Are...
>
>...OLD! And here's proof.
>
>Every year Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin publishes what it calls "The
>Mindset List"--fun facts and figures about the incoming crop of freshmen so
>professors will be able to relate to their new students.
>
>Beloit says the list is a reminder that the world view of today's new colle e
>students is significantly different from the intellectual framework of thos
>students who entered only a few years earlier. Put another way, it's a
>reminder that you are getting on in years. One of the list's creators is Be oit
>professor Tom McBride, who quips, "It is an alert for those of us who may b
>suffering from hardening of the references." And there's no medicine for th s!
>
>So to better understand how the class of 2007 thinks, most of whom were bor
>in 1985, read this and feel your age:
>
>1. The people who are starting college this fall acros the
>nation were born in 1985.
>
>2. They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan ra and
>probably did not know he had ever been shot.
>
>3. They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War wa waged.
>
>4. There has been only one pope in their lifetime.
>
>5. They were 10 when the Soviet Union broke apart and o not
>remember the Cold War.
>
>6. They are too young to remember the space shuttle bl wing up on
>takeoff.
>
>7. Tiananmen Square means nothing to them.
>
>8. Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
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>9. Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums.
>
>10. The statement "You sound like a broken record" means nothin to
>them. (They have never owned a record player.)
>
>11. They have likely never played Pac Man and have never heard f
>Pong.
>
>12. They may have never heard of an 8-track tape. The compact d sc
>was introduced when they were 1 year old.
>
>13. They have always had an answering machine.
>
>14. Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels, nor ha e
>they seen a black and white TV.
>
>15. They have always had cable.
>
>16. There have always been VCRs, but they have no idea what Beta
>was.
>
>17. They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
>
>18. They don't know what a cloth baby diaper is or know about t e
>"Help me, I've fallen and I can't get up!" commercial.
>
>19. They were born the year that Walkman was introduced by Sony.
>
>20. Roller skating has always meant inline for them.
>
>21. Michael Jackson has always been white.
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>22. Jay Leno has always been on "The Tonight Show."
>
>23. They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool.
>
>24. Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
>
>25. They have never seen Larry Bird play.
>
>26. They never took a swim and thought about "Jaws."
>
>27. The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them as World War ,
>World War II, and the Civil War.
>
>28. They have no idea that Americans were ever held hostage in ran.
>
>29. They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
>
>30. They don't know who Mork was or where he was from. (The cor ect
>answer, by the way, is Ork.)
>
>31. They never heard: "Where's the beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a
>Camel," or "De plane, de plane!"
>
>32. They do not care who shot J.R. and have no idea who J.R. wa ..
>
>33. Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are places, n t
>bands.
>
>34. There has always been MTV.
>
>35. They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
