Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Beloit College Mindset List

I guess this came out last week and I missed it. Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2013 "Each August since 1998, Beloit College has released the Beloit College Mindset List. It provides a look at the cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students entering college."

The most surprising for me:

1. 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.
2. Dan Rostenkowski, Jack Kevorkian, and Mike Tyson have always been felons.
4. They have never used a card catalog to find a book.
6. Salsa has always outsold ketchup.
7. Earvin "Magic" Johnson has always been HIV-positive.
10. Rap music has always been main stream.
23. The European Union has always existed.
31. There has always been a Cartoon Network.
50. Everyone has always known what the evening news was before the Evening News came on.
51. Britney Spears has always been heard on classic rock stations.
58. There has always been a Planet Hollywood.
63. There has always been a computer in the Oval Office.
70. Vice presidents of the United States have always had real power.
75. There has always been blue Jell-O.

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