Take a deep breath and welcome the class of 2012
School has been in session for a couple of weeks so please pardon my tardiness.
Beloit College regularly publishes an extensive list of tidbits about incoming 1st year college students.
Here are some of the (techy) highlights:
The class of 2012 has grown up in an era where computers and rapid communication are the norm, and colleges no longer trumpet the fact that residence halls are “wired” and equipped with the latest hardware. These students will hardly recognize the availability of telephones in their rooms since they have seldom utilized landlines during their adolescence. They will continue to live on their cell phones and communicate via texting. Roommates, few of whom have ever shared a bedroom, have already checked out each other on Facebook where they have shared their most personal thoughts with the whole world.
- Students entering college for the first time this fall were generally born in 1990.
- GPS satellite navigation systems have always been available.
- Electronic filing of tax returns has always been an option.
- WWW has never stood for World Wide Wrestling.
- Caller ID has always been available on phones.
- Windows 3.0 operating system made IBM PCs user-friendly the year they were born.
- The Hubble Space Telescope has always been eavesdropping on the heavens.
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