Miata Mailing List: April 1999, Message #139

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Heck, I don't need this to feel old, I teach science to about 100 15-16
year old kids .


Keith Barton
99 Emerald LP
South Jersey
"Illigitimati non carborundum."
MacArthur 
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> From: Newton8845@aol.com
 
> << 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 that year's
incoming
> freshmen.
>  
>  Here's this year's list:
>  
>  1.	The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were
born
> in 1980.
>  2.	They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era and did not
know he
> had ever been shot.
>  3.	They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged.
>  4.	Black Monday 1987 is as significant to them as the Great Depression.
>  5.	There has been only one Pope. They can only really remember one
president.
>  6.	They were 11 when the Soviet Union broke apart and do not remember
the
> Cold War.
>  7.	They have never feared a nuclear war.  "The Day After" is a pill to
them,
> not a movie.
>  8.	They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up, and
Tiananmen
> Square means nothing to them.
>  9.	Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
>  10.	They never had a Polio shot, and likely do not know what it is.
>  11.	Bottle caps have not only always been screw off, but have always
been
> plastic. They have no idea what a pull-top can looks like.
>  12.	Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums.
>  13.	The expression "you sound like a broken record" means nothing to
them.
>  14.	They have never owned a record player.
>  15.	They have likely never played Pac Man and have never heard of Pong.
>  16.	Star Wars look very fake to them, and the special effects are
pathetic.
>  17.	There have always been red M&Ms, and blue ones are not new.  What do
you
> mean there used to be beige ones?
>  18.	They may have heard of an 8-track, but chances are they probably
never
> have actually seen or heard one.
>  19.	The Compact Disc was introduced when they were 1 year old.
>  20.	As far as they know, stamps have always cost about 32 cents.  
>        (Accurate until last week.)
>  21.	They have always had an answering machine.
>  22.	Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels, nor have they
seen a
> black-and-white TV.
>  23.	They have always had cable.
>  24.	There have always been VCRs, but they have no idea what BETA is.
>  25.	They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
>  26.	They were born the year that Walkmen were introduced by Sony.
>  27.	Roller-skating has always meant inline for them.
>  28.	The Tonight Show has always been with Jay Leno.
>  29.	They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool.
>  30.	Popcorn has always been cooked in a microwave.
>  31.	They have never seen Larry Bird play, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a
> football player.
>  32.	They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
>  33.	The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them as W.W.I, W.W.II, or
even
> the Civil War.
>  34.	They have no idea that Americans were ever held hostage in Iran.
>  35.	They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
>  36.	They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
>  37.	They never heard the terms: "Where's the beef?", "I'd walk a mile
for a
> Camel," or "de plane, de plane!"
>  38.	They do not care who shot J.R. and have no idea who J.R. is.
>  39.	The Titanic was found?  I thought we always knew where it was.
>  40.	Michael Jackson has always been white.
>  41.	Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are places, not
groups.
>  42.	McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
>  43.	There has always been MTV.
>  
>  Sorry, didn't intend on making anyone feel old "NOT."  But if I was
gonna ...
> then I was gonna share that wonderful feeling!!!  anyway, it is
interesting.