An evaluation of the 2010 Beloit College mindset list for the graduating class of 2014 in the Christian Science Monitor.
The class of 2014 considers Nirvana to be classic rock, they have never played with a telephone cord while talking on the phone, and do not find Korean-made cars unusual. They think of Clint Eastwood as a sensitive director and not as Dirty Harry, according to the Beloit list.
It says that this year's two million US freshmen are more than just imbibers of all that's digital. For them, "digital has always been in the cultural DNA."
They don't understand that tapping your left wrist means you'd like to know the time. They carry a cellphone, not a Casio.
Hot chocolate or a regular coffee isn't for this class. They roll with the "Caramel macchiato" and the "Venti half-caf vanilla latte" crowd.
For these soon to be university students, some of the historical references they've "missed" culturally are troubling:
No. 32 – Czechoslovakia has never existed for them.
No. 41 – American companies have always done business in Vietnam
No. 58 – Beethoven has always been a dog
No. 64 – The US, Canada, and Mexico have always agreed to trade freely.
The full list here.
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