I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Beloit College Mindset List ever since I stumbled upon it a year ago. For those that need a refresher, from my original Remember When post, the List is made up of cultural way points to help professors understand where the incoming Freshmen are coming from. Below are a few of my favorites from the latest and greatest Class of 2013 list (aka those born in 1991):
- For these students, Martha Graham, Pan American Airways, Michael Landon, Dr. Seuss, Miles Davis, The Dallas Times Herald, Gene Roddenberry, and Freddie Mercury have always been dead. <– Sooo sad
- Salsa has always outsold ketchup. <– Wow
- Earvin “Magic” Johnson has always been HIV-positive. <– Remember when this was announced? What an uproar.
- Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream has always been a flavor choice.
- They have never had to “shake down” an oral thermometer. <– Haha
- Condoms have always been advertised on television.
- Women have always outnumbered men in college. <– Damn right
- There have always been flat screen televisions.
- They have never been Saved by the Bell. <– Oh, the horror, the tragedy
- There has always been a Planet Hollywood.
- Nobody has ever responded to “Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.”
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