Beloit College Mindset List

[Kareni]

I saw an interesting article this morning ...

 

"Wear wristwatch? Use e-mail? Not for Class of '14

 

 

By DINESH RAMDE, Associated Press Writer Dinesh Ramde, Associated Press

 

MILWAUKEE – For students entering college this fall, e-mail is too slow, phones have never had cords and the computers they played with as kids are now in museums.

 

The Class of 2014 thinks of Clint Eastwood more as a sensitive director than as Dirty Harry urging punks to "go ahead, make my day." Few incoming freshmen know how to write in cursive or have ever worn a wristwatch.

 

These are among the 75 items on this year's Beloit College Mindset List. The compilation, released Tuesday, is assembled each year by two officials at this private school of about 1,400 students in Beloit, Wis.

 

The list is meant to remind teachers that cultural references familiar to them might draw blank stares from college freshmen born mostly in 1992.

 

Of course, it can also have the unintended consequence of making people feel old.

 

Remember when Dr. Jack Kevorkian, Dan Quayle or Rodney King were in the news? These kids don't. ...."

 

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Regards,

Kareni

[JoyfulMama]

Of course, it can also have the unintended consequence of making people feel old.

 

 

:glare:

 

Wondering if I don't have to know any history that occurred before I was born, either....:tongue_smilie: