We’ll move Meg into her apartment this Friday at MTSU. She’s excited and ready to start school and semi-independence.
I ran across this the other day. It’s a list called the Beloit College Mindset List that looks at “the cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students entering college.” Here’s a condensed version…..
Since they were in diapers, karaoke machines have been annoying people at parties.
They have always been looking for Carmen Sandiego.
GPS satellite navigation systems have always been available.
Coke and Pepsi have always used recycled plastic bottles.
Shampoo and conditioner have always been available in the same bottle.
Gas stations have never fixed flats, but most serve cappuccino.
Electronic filing of tax returns has always been an option.
Universal Studios has always offered an alternative to Mickey in Orlando.
WWW has never stood for World Wide Wrestling.
Films have never been X rated, only NC-17.
Schools have always been concerned about multiculturalism.
IBM has never made typewriters.
They have never been able to color a tree using a raw umber Crayola.
The Tonight Show has always been hosted by Jay Leno and started at 11:35 EST.
Authorities have always been building a wall across the Mexican border.
Macaulay Culkin has always been Home Alone.
Caller ID has always been available on phones.
The Green Bay Packers (almost) always had the same starting quarterback.
They never heard an attendant ask “Want me to check under the hood?”
Soft drink refills have always been free.
They have never known life without Seinfeld references from a show about “nothing.”
Windows 3.0 operating system made IBM PCs user-friendly the year they were born.
98.6 F or otherwise has always been confirmed in the ear.
Off-shore oil drilling in the United States has always been prohibited.
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