What a difference 30 years make!

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 this year’s incoming freshmen. Here’s this year’s list:

The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1983.

Their lifetime has always included AIDS.

Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.

The CD was introduced the year they were born.

They have always had an answering machine.

They have always had cable.

They cannot fathom not having a remote control.

Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.

Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.

They never took a swim and thought about the film Jaws.

They can’t imagine what hard contact lenses are.

McDonald’s never came in Styrofoam containers.

They don’t have a clue how to use a typewriter.

DO YOU FEEL OLD?

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Selected and sent by Nasrin Javid, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Khorsheed.com – Oct 2003