The Class of 2009

[Taualumna]

BELOIT, Wis. - For this year's crop of college freshmen, Starbucks has always been around the corner, "America's Funniest Home Videos" has always been on the air, and men named George Bush have been president for more than half of their lives.

Born in 1987, the freshmen attending their first college lectures around the country this term grew up with pay-per-view television and voice mail on their phones, dirty dancing at school proms, and the United States as the only superpower.



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Kind of sad that these some of these kids don't know how to tie a tie, no?

[KSigkid]

Originally posted by Taualumna
Click Here For More (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050824/ap_on_re_us/mindset_list_1)

Kind of sad that these some of these kids don't know how to tie a tie, no?

I didn't know how to tie a tie until I got to college.

I love the comment about the Big Dig at the bottom of the article -it really has been going on forever.

[Sister Havana]

Here's the full list (http://www.beloit.edu/~pubaff/releases/mindset_2009.htm). You can click on the link at the top to see past lists too.

43. "Baby M" may be a classmate, and contracts with surrogate mothers have always been legal.

-Dayum, that one in particular makes me feel OLD.

[moe.ron]

Anybody remember the Sunscreen song?

[Lady Pi Phi]

Originally posted by moe.ron
Anybody remember the Sunscreen song?


Hahahah.

Anyway, are there past lists available to read? This kids are only 7 years younger than me. Some of the things on the list I am not familiar with.

[Kevlar281]

Originally posted by Taualumna
Kind of sad that these some of these kids don't know how to tie a tie, no?
I've refered quite a few pledges to this how to tie a tie webstie (http://www.tie-a-tie.net/).

[Tom Earp]

Sad, and they probably never heard of Cuff Links and French Cuffs. Or even shirts with Collars.:(

T-Shirts and Cut off baggy jeans or just baggy shorts.

:(

Welcome to the real world children upon Graduatin if you make it that far. Go dressed like that and be on welfare if there is such a thing in Your life time!:confused:

[Kevin]

I just went 'back to school' this year, and 1987!

Is that what it's like to 'feel old'?

It only gets worse from what I understand...

[Dvyne Evolushun]

Let me get the heck out of this thread - 2009 - I feel ancient.

[Betarulz!]

Just get those guys into a fraternity and they'll learn to tie a tie real quick...

[Lindz928]

This doesn't have to do with college, but still makes me feel old:

Do you realize that there are kids in high school now who were born in the 90s??? :( Damn.

[aephi alum]

Now I feel old... :(

[moe.ron]

Originally posted by aephi alum
Now I feel old... :(
Yeah

[KSigkid]

Originally posted by Betarulz!
Just get those guys into a fraternity and they'll learn to tie a tie real quick...

That's how I learned - there were far too many formal events for me not to know. Plus, you didn't want to make a bad impression with a poorly-tied tie.

[Lindz928]

Even I know how to tie a tie.... And I'm a girl! Hehe. It was just about the first thing I learned back when I worked in a men's clothing store. Now I have become a snob about the way men tie their ties. yikes. ;)

[Alpha Sig Scott]

I learned how to tie a tie in college also.

Didn't want to be the guy in the composite with the "clip on".

[Taualumna]

Originally posted by Lindz928
Even I know how to tie a tie.... And I'm a girl! Hehe. It was just about the first thing I learned back when I worked in a men's clothing store. Now I have become a snob about the way men tie their ties. yikes. ;)

Same here...my uniform in middle school and high school had a tie...and it was an all-girls' school!