HEY YOU DAMN KIDS GET OFF MY PORCH
August 24, 2006
Beloit College Releases 2006 Mindset List
Beloit, WI | Beloit College has issued its annual "Mindset List" giving a snapshot of the world as perceived by its incoming freshman class. A typical student beginning college this fall...
• Thinks "Google" has always been a verb
• Has never purchased anything without a bar code
• Thinks telephones have always had a "Q" and a "Z"
• Never sneaked into a drive-in movie by hiding in the car trunk
• Doesn't know what a test pattern Indian is
• Has never used a bottle opener or an ice mitten
• Hasn't voted in a national Presidential election
• Thinks "hip hop" is music
• Has never known a divided East and West Germany, or a united North and South Dakota
• Has always thought of Michael Jackson as "that creepy old white guy"
• Never took a domestic airplane flight that had a smoking or dancing section
• Has always bought shoes "by the pair"
• Doesn't know how to change television channels without a remote
• Has never eaten a hamburger that wasn't 11% roach and rat droppings
• Thinks bowling is a sport
• Has never read a newspaper
• Thinks corn has always been yellow and salt has always been white
• Never saw an episode of Saturday Night Live that was actually funny
• Considers baggy low-hanging pants a fashion statement, rather than an indication of diminished mental capacity
• Has never completely typed out "you're welcome" or "be right back"
• Doesn't give a rat's ass what anybody in Beloit thinks
