The Beloit College Mindset for the class of 2014 is kind of a silly thing. A lot of the topics and things listed on their list are kinda silly to be on any list in the first place. Being a 2014 graduate, I feel that a lot of the things stated are inaccurate. Though I must say that some of them might seem accurate.
Lets be sensible and start at the top of the list, then work down randomly jumping around and see how far we get before my fingers start to get tired of this game. Number one, states very simply that very few students in the classroom know how to write in cursive. Honestly, I kind of take that as an insult. Everyone in my high school knows how to write in cursive, including myself. And frankly, if you ever saw my handwriting in print, you'd think it was cursive, and even though that sounds like a joke about my terrible handwriting, which is rather terrible, its actually due to my mixing the faster and clearer parts of cursive with my print, because I learned them both.
As for number four, I simply do not know what to say to that. I don't think that I have ever seen Al Gore animated in my life. Maybe I missed out on something. That is probably because, contradictory to number sixty-two, I never had cable or satellite television. I had the good five channel setup, along with IPTV.
I must admit though, some of these I have no idea about. Like toothpaste tubes that stand up on their caps! When did this happen? And when did a pizza jockey from Dominos die while getting a pizza to a destination in under thirty minutes. And Buffy at Hemery High? Why put such a terrible movie on that list? The TV show was the cult hit that people know. The movie, not so much, I doubt that many of the people that were of the right age group for it when it came out remember it, and many people have probably repressed it.
In conclusion to this commentary on this list, I must say that despite my many comments about how silly it is, I must say that it probably is fairly accurate. This idea occurred to me when I realized that some of the things they were saying in here I haven't even thought of as things from any generation in particular. They are all just historical facts or things that I've done but never thought about. I can't imagine many of the class of 2014 feel that caramel macchiato has, or ever will be for that matter, a form of "street corner lingo." And I doubt that anyone in my age group has ever been confused as to what pointing a their wrist (in the sense of time) means. (And as for the introductory paragraph, I wear a wristwatch everyday.) Overall I can honestly say that although some of the things on this list are possibly slightly accurate, I am somewhat offended by this list. Its like people expect my age group to be uniformed and illogical. The thing is, not all people are like that, chances are that there are just as many people in your age group that don't know those things as mine.
