Mindset List

I read this article in the morning paper and just thought I'd share it. This is a very interesting atricle.
Beloit, Wis. - A rite of autumn is under way with the arrival of first-year students at thousands of colleges and universities for registration. Most 18-year-old students entering the class of 2010 this fall were born in 1988. They grew up with a mouse in one hand and a computer screen as part of their worldview. They learned to surf the internet as they learned to read. While they were still in their cribs, the 20th century started to close as the Berlin Wall came down, the Soviet bloc disintegrated, and frequent traditional wars in Latin America gave way to the uncontrolled terrors of the Middle East.
Each August since 1998, as faculty prepare for the academic year, Beloit College in Wisconsin has released the Beloit College Mindset List. A creation of Beloit’s Keefer Professor of the Humanities Tom McBride and Public Affairs Director Ron Nief, it looks at the cultural touchstones that have shaped the lives of today’s first-year students.
Members of the class of 2010, entering college this fall, were mostly born in 1988. For them: Billy Carter, Lucille Ball, Gilda Radner, Billy Martin, Andy Gibb, and Secretariat have always been dead.
1.The Soviet Union has never existed and therefore is about as scary as the student union. 2.They have known only two presidents.
3.For most of their lives, major U.S. airlines have been bankrupt..
4.Manuel Noriega has always been in jail in the U.S..
5.They have grown up getting lost in "big boxes.".
6.There has always been only one Germany..
7.They have never heard anyone actually "ring it up" on a cash register..
8.They are wireless, yet always connected..
9.A stained blue dress is as famous to their generation as a third-rate burglary was to their parents'..
10.Thanks to pervasive headphones in the back seat, parents have always been able to speak freely in the front..
11.A coffee has always taken longer to make than a milkshake..
12.Smoking has never been permitted on U.S. airlines..
13.Faux fur has always been a necessary element of style..
14.The Moral Majority has never needed an organization..
15.They have never had to distinguish between the St. Louis Cardinals baseball and football teams..
16.DNA fingerprinting has always been admissible evidence in court..
17.They grew up pushing their own miniature shopping carts in the supermarket..
18.They grew up with and have outgrown faxing as a means of communication..
19."Google" has always been a verb..
20.Text messaging is their email..
21.Milli Vanilli has never had anything to say..
22.Mr. Rogers, not Walter Cronkite, has always been the most trusted man in America..
23.Bar codes have always been on everything, from library cards and snail mail to retail items..
24.Madden has always been a game, not a Superbowl-winning coach..
25.Phantom of the Opera has always been on Broadway..
26."Boogers" candy has always been a favorite for grossing out parents..
27.There has never been a "skyhook" in the NBA..
28.Carbon copies are oddities found in their grandparents' attics..
29.Computerized player pianos have always been tinkling in the lobby..
30.Non-denominational mega-churches have always been the fastest growing religious organizations in the U.S..
31.They grew up in mini-vans..
32.Reality shows have always been on television..
33.They have no idea why we needed to ask "...can we all get along?"Ken Burns has always been producing very long documentaries on PBS..
34.They have always had access to their own credit cards. tuna has always been on sale..
35.They grew up with virtual pets to feed, water, and play games with, lest they die. 36.Ringo Starr has always been clean and sober..
37.Professional athletes have always competed in the Olympics..
For more click on link below http://www.beloit.edu/~pubaff/mindset/2010.htm.
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