How Much of this Can You Relate To?

How much of this can you relate to? Scary!

Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this willcertainly change things. Each year the staff at Beloit College inWisconsin puts together a list to try to give the faculty a sense of the mindset of that year's incoming freshmen.

Here's this year's list:

1. The people who are starting college this fall acrossthe nation were born in 1980.

2. They have no meaningful recollection of the ReaganEra and did not know he had ever been shot.

3. They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War waswaged.

4. Black Monday 1987 is as significant to them as theGreatDepression.

5. There has been only one Pope. They can only reallyremember 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 DayAfter" is apill to them, not a movie.

8. They are too young to remember the space shuttleblowing up,and Tiananmen Square means nothing to them.

9. Their lifetime has always included AIDS.

10. They never had a polio shot, and likely do not knowwhat it is.

11. Bottle caps have not only always been screw off, but have always been plastic. They have no idea what a pull-top can lookslike.

12. Atari pre-dates them, as do vinyl albums.

13. The expression "you sound like a broken record" meansnothingto them.

14. They have never owned a record player.

15. They have likely never played Pac Man and have neverheard of Pong.

16. Star Wars look very fake to them, and the special effects are pathetic.

17. There have always been red M&Ms, and blue ones are notnew. What do you mean there used to be beige ones?

18. They may have heard of an 8-track, but chances arethey probably never have actually seen or heard one.

19. The Compact Disc was introduced when they were 1 yearold.

20. As far as they know, stamps have always cost about 32cents.

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-and-white TV.

23. They have always had cable.

24. There have always been VCRs, but they have no ideawhat BETA is.

25. They cannot fathom not having a remote control.

26. They were born the year that Walkmen were introducedby 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 werecool.

30. Popcorn has always been cooked in a microwave.

31. They have never seen Larry Bird play, and KareemAbdul-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,WWII, or even the Civil War.

34. They have no idea that Americans were ever heldhostage 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'dwalk amile for a Camel," or "de plane, de plane!"

38. They do not care who shot J.R. and have no idea whoJ.R. is.

39. The Titanic was found? I thought we always knew whereit was.

40. Michael Jackson has always been white.

41. Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama areplaces, not groups. 4

2. McDonald's never came in styrofoam containers. 43. There has always been MTV.