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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. The people who are starting college this fall across the
>nation were born in 1985-6.
>
>Here's this year's list:
>
>* 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.
>* 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 Jaws.
>* 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 Boss, de plane".
>* They do not care who shot J R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.
>* McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
>* They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
>
>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. The people who are starting college this fall across the
>nation were born in 1985-6.
>
>Here's this year's list:
>
>* 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.
>* 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 Jaws.
>* 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 Boss, de plane".
>* They do not care who shot J R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.
>* McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
>* They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
>
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