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 years incoming freshmen. Here is this year's list:

  1. The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1982.
    I was born in 1965.

  2. They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era and probably did not know he had ever been shot.
    I remember the Reagan Era and know he got shot but I forget by whom.

  3. They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged.
    I have friends that were in the Persian Gulf War.

  4. Black Monday 1987 is as significant to them as the Great Depression.
    I wasn't sure if the market could recover from Black Monday and was glad all my investments were long term.

  5. There has been only one Pope.
    There have been a few Popes and the latest one has had pot shots taken at him so he has a bullet proof carriage now.

  6. They were 11 when the Soviet Union broke apart and do not remember the Cold War.
    I wrote about the Warsaw Pact and intercontinental ballistic missiles in the 7th grade.

  7. They have never feared a nuclear war.
    I never new silo's weren't only for nuclear warheads before I went to college.

  8. They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
    I remember being in a daze when the shuttle blew up and watching it over and over again.

  9. Tianamen Square means nothing to them.
    I wondered what made that more unjust then some of the stuff that goes on in the continental US.

  10. Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
    I remember when Coke used to come in glass bottles and you needed a can opener to get them open.

  11. Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums.
    I had an Atari and I also had vinyl albums

  12. The expression you sound like a broken record means nothing to them.
    Broken records have been replaced by scratched CD's.

  13. They have never owned a record player.
    I've owned a record player and spent more time taping records to play in my car than I'd like to remember or admit to.

  14. They have likely never played Pac Man and have never heard of Pong.
    I love Pac Man and Pong. I still play Pac Man at Gameworks but, it's much harder to find Pong.

  15. They may have never heard of an 8 track.
    I've heard and seen an 8-track but I've never actually played anything on an 8-track.

  16. The Compact Disc was introduced when they were 1 year old.
    Compact Discs were introduced when I was in the 11th grade.

  17. As far as they know, stamps have always cost about 33 cents.
    I remember stamps costing 25 cents or somewhere around there.

  18. They have always had an answering machine.
    I used to be the answering machine for my parents.

  19. Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels, nor have they seen a black-and-white TV.
    I watched the Knicks on a Black & White TV with 13 channels and anantenna.

  20. They have always had cable.
    Before we had cable I played outside a lot.

  21. There has always been VCRs, but they have no idea what BETA is.
    I remember Beta going out the door.

  22. They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
    I was my dad's remote control.

  23. They were born the year that Walkman were introduced by Sony.
    I wanted a Walkman but they were too expensive at the time.

  24. Roller-skating has always meant inline for them.
    Roller-skating was something we did in a rink at night instead of anytime and anywhere.

  25. Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
    I stopped watching the Tonight Show after Carson retired.

  26. They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool.
    I hated designer jeans.

  27. Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
    Hot-air popcorn poppers were cool.

  28. They have never seen Larry Bird play.
    I remember that Buffalo had a basketball team once.

  29. They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
    My parents thought I was too young to see Jaws.

  30. The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them as WWI, WWII and the Civil War.
    I remember seeing bumper stickers that said welcome back POW's and couldn't figure out why we wouldn't welcome them back.

  31. They have no idea that Americans were ever held hostage in Iran.
    I remember when the hostages were released.

  32. They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
    I remember when contact lenses weren't disposable.

  33. They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
    Nanu Nanu

  34. They never heard: Where's the beef?, I'd walk a mile for a Camel, or "deplane, de plane."
    I know where these phrases come from - Wendy's, Camel smokes, and Fantasy Island

  35. They do not care who shot J.R. and have no idea who J.R. is.
    I don't care who shot JR and I liked him better as Major Anthony Nelson

  36. The Titanic was found? They thought we always knew where it was.
    We keep finding things that are supposed to be 'lost'

  37. Michael Jackson has always been white.
    The Jackson Five used to be a cartoon on Saturday morning.

  38. Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are groups, not places.
    I've had albums of all of the above.

  39. McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
    There have always been drive-thru's as long as I remember

  40. There has always been MTV.
    MTV used to actually play music (rock-n-roll)

  41. They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
    I don't know how to use a typewriter but I do remember there was a classroom full of them somewhere in my high school.

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