Subject: Born after 1980
>
> 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 is this
> year's list:
>
> The people who are starting college this fall across the
> nation were born in 1980.
>
>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.
>
> Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
>
> 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 32 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 has always been VCR's, but they have no idea what BETA is.
>
> They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
>
> 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.
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> 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.. is.
>
> The Titanic was found? They thought we always knew where it was.
>
> Michael Jackson has always been white.
>
>Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are places, not
> groups.
>
> McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
>
> There has always been MTV.
>
>They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
>
