Each year for the past 14 years, Beloit College in Wisconsin has prepared a cultural snapshot of their incoming freshman class. This year the class of 2014. Each year I am a little amazed at how old I am getting and what to me makes total logical sense most of them would have no connection to at all. The complete list can be found on
The Chronicle of Higher Education site at
http://chronicle.com/article/The-Beloit-College-Mind-Set/123925/
In this year's stunners -- most students cannot write in cursive - I suppose in a few years they will not be able to read it either! Bill Clinton was making his first presidential run while they were babies. Los Angelenos have always been trying to get along - and they would not even understand the reference to Rodney King nor know who he was. Russians and Americans have always lived together in outer space. And many more similar items are listed on the list of 68.
Good or bad? Either, both, or neither? This is a sign for us that we may not be in Kansas any more Toto and unless this class likes old movies that reference would be lost on them too. So I am just going to click my heels together and say "I wish I were ......"
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