My daughter was born in 1989. She entered the university this past August as a freshman. A friend of mine sent me this list of things kids entering college this year have no recollection of. It was pretty interesting, though it made me feel a bit ancient. If you have college age kids, maybe you can identify:
1. These kids never sang, "We are the world, We are the children."
2. They were 3 years old when the Soviet Union ceased to exist. They never saw the Cold War, and they know of only one Germany, though they probably studied about two in school.
3. They're too young to recall the explosion of the spaceship Challenger, or the Pepsi Challenge.
4. For them, AIDS has always existed.
5. They never got to play Atari.
6. When CD's were introduced in the marketplace, they were less than a year old.
7. They never had record players, nor played PacMan. They think the visual effects of the Star Wars movies are pathetic.
8. Most don't even know televisions had only 13 channels and a U on a rotary channel dial. What's more, they've never seen a black and white TV and wouldn't know how to work a set without a remote control.
9. They were born 7 years after Sony introduced the Walkman, they think roller skates have always had wheels in a straight line, and owning a cell phone and personal computer is a normal everyday occurance.
10. Many have never seen Sesame Street, the Electric Company, Lost in Space, Topo Gigio, or Zoom.
11. They've never gone into the ocean thinking about "Jaws".
12. As far as they're concerned, Michael Jackson has always been white, and they can't picture John Travolta dancing, as fat as he is.
13. They never heard the phrase, "The plane, boss, the plane", nor have they watched Wonder Woman.
14. They've never used a metal lunchbox.
15. They don't know who the Six Million Dollar Man or the Bionic Woman were.
16. They never heard cartoons saying "By the power of Grey Skull" or "Thunder, thunder, thundercats".
17. They may not know Tom Sawyer or Little Lulu.
18. They think The Love Boat is a cruise ship for honeymooners sailing out of the Port of Miami.
19. They think Charlie's Angels was a movie premiere and CHips is what you have with a burger or sandwich.
If nothing else, I hope this brought a smile to the faces of some thirty and forty-somethings. It made me chuckle, that's for sure.
December . . .
2 weeks ago
1 comment:
That's funny. My brother was born in 1988 and he would probably tell you that all that's true!
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