1961-2011
Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 2:19 am
This should be sent only to those whose level of maturity qualifies them to relate to it...
1961: Long hair
2011: Longing for hair
1961: KEG
2011: EKG
1961: Acid rock
2011: Acid reflux
1961: Moving to California because it's cool
2011: Moving to Arizona because it's warm
1961: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
2011: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
1961: Seeds and stems
2011: Roughage
1961: Hoping for a BMW
2011: Hoping for a BM
1961: Going to a new, hip joint
2011: Receiving a new hip joint
1961: Rolling Stones
2011: Kidney Stones
1961: Disco
2011: Costco
1961: Parents begging you to get your hair cut
2011: Children begging you to get their heads shaved
1961: Passing the drivers' test
2011: Passing the vision test
1961: Whatever
2011: Depends
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. Here's this year's list:
The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1993.
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 3 years before 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.
Mc Donald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
1961: Long hair
2011: Longing for hair
1961: KEG
2011: EKG
1961: Acid rock
2011: Acid reflux
1961: Moving to California because it's cool
2011: Moving to Arizona because it's warm
1961: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
2011: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
1961: Seeds and stems
2011: Roughage
1961: Hoping for a BMW
2011: Hoping for a BM
1961: Going to a new, hip joint
2011: Receiving a new hip joint
1961: Rolling Stones
2011: Kidney Stones
1961: Disco
2011: Costco
1961: Parents begging you to get your hair cut
2011: Children begging you to get their heads shaved
1961: Passing the drivers' test
2011: Passing the vision test
1961: Whatever
2011: Depends
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. Here's this year's list:
The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1993.
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 3 years before 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.
Mc Donald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
Also, I had a picture of Buffy the Vampire Killer for part of my Extra English lesson the other day, and one of them asked me who "that lady" was. 
