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Feeling Old?
September 03, 2003 2:18 pm

If not, you will after you read the Class of 2006 Mindset List (those born in 1984)!! This list is created each year as a reference point for professors & is put out by Beloit College (in Wisconsin). Because many educators often use pop-culture as a reference point, the list was started as a way to bridge the gaps. I'm not even THAT much older but the differences in cultural knowledge just moves so fast!! What makes me feel even older is that my oldest student was born in 1989!! It can be a tough thing to teach something like the Cold War to students of that age!! A full listing can be found here. But a few of the highlights:

3. South Africa's official policy of apartheid has not existed during their lifetime.

4. Cars have always had eye-level rear stop lights, CD players, and air bags.

6. Weather reports have always been available 24-hours a day on television.

7. The "evil empire" has moved from Moscow to a setting in some distant galaxy.

9. Cyberspace has always existed.

10. Bruce Springsteen's new hit, Born in the USA, could have been played to celebrate their birth.


18. They have no recollection of Connie Chung or Geraldo Rivera as serious journalists.

22. The U.S. and the Soviets have always been partners in space.

23. Mrs. Fields' cookies and Swatch watches have always been favorites.

24. Nicolas Cage, Daryll Hannah, Eddie Murphy, and John Malkovich made their first major film impressions the year they were born.

27. Fox has always been a television network choice.

29. This generation has never wanted to "be a Pepper too."

32. Vanessa Williams and Madonna are aging singers.

34. Cherry Coke has always come in cans.

38. Electronic filing of federal income taxes has always been an option.

40. Trivial Pursuit may have been played by their parents the night before they were born.

47. Hip-hop and rap have always been popular musical forms.

48. They grew up in minivans.




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