THE CLASS OF 2003
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 mind-set 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 1985.
>>They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era and probably did not know that 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 8 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 statement "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
>>They don’t 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.
>>Michael Jackson has always been white.
>>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 are WW I, WW II 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.
>>They don’t know that Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are bands, not places.
>>There has always been MTV.
>>They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
Now do you feel old? If you do, then pass this on to some other old fogies...but don't send it back to me, I feel old enough.
H-mom
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We learn a lot from crayons:
some are sharp; some are dull; some are pretty;
some have weird names; all are different colors.
And they all have to learn to live in the same box.
) ... I had forgotten that our son didn't know who the wonderful Captain was ... 
