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-----Bolding, Betsy on Mon, Jul 2, 2001 12:12am wrote: ----- I thought you'd like seeing this. Seems impossible, doesn't it, that time flies so fast.
Betsy Bolding Tucson Electric Power 520-884-3677 betsy2@tucsonelectric.com Share the Sun with SunShare
> Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly
> change
> things. Each year the staff at Beloit College 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.
> 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.
> Do you feel old yet?
>
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