One Pope? Check out http://www.cdc.net/~rcathlst/index.html for enlightenment. /s/ cia "Mark A. Smith" wrote: > ======================================================= > > 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 that year's incoming > freshmen. Here is this year's list: > > The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were > born > in 1981. > > They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era and probably did > not > know he had ever been shot. > > They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged. > > Black Monday 1987 is as significant to them as the Great Depression. > > There has been only one Pope. > > They were 11 when the Soviet Union broke apart and do not remember the > Cold > War. > > They have never feared a nuclear war. > > They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up. > > Their lifetime has always included AIDS. > > Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic. > > Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums. > > The expression "you sound like a broken record" means nothing to them. > > They have never owned a record player. > > They have likely never played Pac Man and have never heard of Pong. > > They may have never heard of an 8 track. > > The Compact Disc was introduced when they were 1 year old. > > As far as they know, stamps have always cost about 32 cents. > > They have always had an answering machine. > > Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels nor have they seen > a > black-and-white TV. > > They have always had cable. > > There has always been VCR's, but they have no idea what BETA is. > > They cannot fathom not having a remote control. > > They were born the year that Walkmen were introduced by Sony. > > Roller-skating has always meant inline for them. > > Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show. > > They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool. > > Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave. > > They have never seen Larry Bird play. > > They never took a swim and thought about Jaws. > > The Vietnam War is as ancient history to the as WWI, WWII and the Civil > War. > > They have no idea that Americans were ever held hostage in Iran. > > They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are. > > They don't know who Mork was or where he was from. > > They never heard: "Where's the beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel," > or > "de plane, de plane!" > > They do not care who shot J.R. and have no idea who J.R. is. > > The Titanic was found? They thought we always knew where it was. > > Michael Jackson has always been white. > > Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are places, not music > groups. > > McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers. > > There has always been MTV. > > They don't have a clue of how to use a typewriter. > > Do you feel old yet? Pass this on to other ancient ones...
