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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net
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<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=sdmheit@verizon.net
href="mailto:sdmheit@verizon.net">Shirley Heit</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 27, 2004 5:23 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [GCFL-discuss] Old</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE>Hey Dave</DIV>
<DIV class=RTE>How does this make you feel?</DIV>
<DIV class=RTE>Frank</DIV>
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<P>This is in NO WAY a suggestion that you are an older person.... FYI
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<P>SUBJECT: THE CLASS OF 2004 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 freshman. Here is this year's list: The people who are
starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1982. They have no
meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era and probably did not know he had ever
been shot. They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged. Black
Monday, 1987 is as significant to them as the Great Depression. There has been
only one Pope. They were 11 when the Soviet Union broke apart and do not
remember the Cold War. They have never feared a nuclear war. They are too young
to remember the space shuttle blowing up. Tianamen Square means nothing to them
Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic. Atari predates them, as do
vinyl albums. The expression "You sound like a brok en record" means nothing to
them. They have never owned a record player. They have likely never played Pac
Man and have never heard of Pong. They may have never heard of an 8 track. The
Compact Disc was introduced when they were 1 year old. As far as they know,
stamps have always cost about 33 cents. (Now $.37.) They have always had an
answering machine. Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels, nor have
they seen a black and white TV. They have always had cable. There have always
been VCRs, but they have no idea what BETA was. They cannot fathom not having a
remote control. They don't know what a cloth baby diaper is, or know about the
"Help me, I've fallen and I can't get up" commercial. Feeling old Yet? There's
more: They were born the year that Walkmen were introduced by Sony. Roller
skating has always meant inline for them. Jay Leno has always been on the
Tonight Show. They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool. Popcorn
has always been cooked in t he microwave. They have never seen Larry Bird play.
They never took a swim and thought about Jaws. The Vietnam War is as ancient
history to them as WWI, WWII and the Civil War. They have no idea that Americans
were ever held hostage in Iran. 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, De plane!". They do not
care who shot J.R. and have no idea who J.R. was. The Titanic was found? They
thought we always knew. Michael Jackson has always been white. Kansas, Chicago,
Boston, America, and Alabama are places, not rock bands. McDonalds never came in
styrofoam containers. There has always been MTV. They don't have a clue how to
use a typewriter. Do you feel old yet? Pass this on to the other old fogies. But
don't send it back to me, I feel old enough. </P></FONT></DIV></DIV><BR
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