From: Ed Deak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Perspective Forwarded without comment. Ed. =============================================================================== >From: Cliff Boldt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Perspective > > Thought that although American, this kind of puts a lot of stuff into perspective, and why the 20 or 30 somethings have a different political and cultural perspective from me: > >Each year the staff at Beloit College in Wisconsin puts together this > list to try and give the faculty a sense of the mind set of that year's > incoming freshman. > >1. The people 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 only been one Pope. They can only 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 Challenger blowing > up. > 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 always been screw off, but have always been > plastic. They have no idea what a pull top can looks like. > 12. Atari pre-dates 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 looks very fake to them, and the special effects are > pathetic. > 17. There have always been red M&M's, and blue ones are not new. What do > you mean there used to be beige ones? > 18. They may never have heard of an 8-track, but chances are they > probably have never heard or seen one. > 19. The compact disc was introduced when they were one year old. > 20. As far as they know, stamps have always cost about 32 cents. > 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 & white TV. > 23. They have always had cable. > 24. There have always been VCR's, but they have no idea what Beta is. > 25. They cannot fathom not having a remote control. > 26. They were born the year 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 the 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 WWI and WWII 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, Boston, Chicago, America, and Alabama are places, not groups. > 42. McDonalds never came in Styrofoam containers. > 43. There has always been MTV, and it has always included non-musical > shows. > > > > >Cliff Boldt >Union Bay, BC, Canada > > > > -- For MAI-not (un)subscription information, posting guidelines and links to other MAI sites please see http://mai.flora.org/
