tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8392034857491788011.post369540028323178124..comments2023-10-11T07:39:33.769-05:00Comments on This is Worthwhile: 1990Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8392034857491788011.post-92117101244995047052008-09-30T14:15:00.000-05:002008-09-30T14:15:00.000-05:00OMG tell me about it...every fall an email from Be...OMG tell me about it...every fall an email from Beloit Community College circulates among college faculty enumerating just what our entering freshman classes have always and never had in their lifetimes. Here are some choice excerpts from this year's email:<BR/><BR/>The class of 2012 has grown up in an era where computers and rapid communication are the norm, and colleges no longer trumpet the fact that residence halls are "wired" and equipped with the latest hardware. These students will hardly recognize the availability of telephones in their rooms since they have seldom utilized landlines during their adolescence. They will continue to live on their cell phones and communicate via texting. <BR/><BR/>-Roommates, few of whom have ever shared a bedroom, have already checked out each other on Facebook where they have shared their most personal thoughts with the whole world.<BR/><BR/>-For these students, Sammy Davis Jr., Jim Henson, Ryan White, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Freddy Krueger have always been dead.<BR/><BR/>-They have never known life without Seinfeld references from a show about "nothing."<BR/><BR/>-Windows 3.0 operating system made IBM PCs user-friendly the year they were born.<BR/><BR/>Kinda makes you want to curl up in a ball and cry, doesn't it?KrissyGo!https://www.blogger.com/profile/10203111892322949643noreply@blogger.com