Most students entering college for the first time this fall were born in 1991.
The list for the Class of 2013 has just been released. Here are a few of the items:
~ For these students, Martha Graham, Pan American Airways, Michael Landon, Dr. Seuss, Miles Davis, The Dallas Times Herald, Gene Roddenberry and Freddie Mercury have always been dead.
~ The Green Giant has always been Shrek -- not the big guy picking vegetables.
~ They have never used a card catalog to find a book.
~ Margaret Thatcher has always been a former prime minister.
~ Salsa has always outsold ketchup.
~ Tattoos have always been very chic and highly visible.
~ Rap music has always been mainstream.
~ Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream has always been a flavor choice.
~ Babies have always had a Social Security Number.
~ They have never had to "shake down" an oral thermometer.
~ Bungee jumping has always been socially acceptable.
~ They have never understood the meaning of R.S.V.P.
~ For these students, Martha Graham, Pan American Airways, Michael Landon, Dr. Seuss, Miles Davis, The Dallas Times Herald, Gene Roddenberry and Freddie Mercury have always been dead.
~ The Green Giant has always been Shrek -- not the big guy picking vegetables.
~ They have never used a card catalog to find a book.
~ Margaret Thatcher has always been a former prime minister.
~ Salsa has always outsold ketchup.
~ Tattoos have always been very chic and highly visible.
~ Rap music has always been mainstream.
~ Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream has always been a flavor choice.
~ Babies have always had a Social Security Number.
~ They have never had to "shake down" an oral thermometer.
~ Bungee jumping has always been socially acceptable.
~ They have never understood the meaning of R.S.V.P.
~ McDonald's has always been serving Happy Meals in China.
~ Condoms have always been advertised on television.
~ Cable television systems have always offered telephone service and vice versa.
~ Bobby Cox has always managed the Atlanta Braves.
~ Desperate smokers have always been able to turn to Nicoderm skin patches.
~ Their folks could always reach for a Zoloft.
~ They have always been able to read books on an electronic screen.
~ Women have always outnumbered men in college.
~ We have always watched wars, coups and police arrests unfold on television in real time.
~ Amateur radio operators have never needed to know Morse code.
~ Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Latvia, Georgia, Lithuania and Estonia have always been independent nations.
~There have always been flat-screen televisions.
~ Everyone has always known what the evening news was before the Evening News came on.
~ Britney Spears has always been heard on classic rock stations.
~ They have never been Saved by the Bell
~ Most communities have always had a mega-church.
~ The status of gays in the military has always been a topic of political debate.
~ There has always been a computer in the Oval Office.
~ Migration of once independent media like radio, TV, videos and compact discs to the computer has never amazed them.
~ Nobody has ever responded to "Help, I've fallen and I can't get up."
~ There has always been blue Jell-O.
(Copyright © 2009 Beloit College; click here to visit their site and read the entire list.)
~ Condoms have always been advertised on television.
~ Cable television systems have always offered telephone service and vice versa.
~ Bobby Cox has always managed the Atlanta Braves.
~ Desperate smokers have always been able to turn to Nicoderm skin patches.
~ Their folks could always reach for a Zoloft.
~ They have always been able to read books on an electronic screen.
~ Women have always outnumbered men in college.
~ We have always watched wars, coups and police arrests unfold on television in real time.
~ Amateur radio operators have never needed to know Morse code.
~ Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Latvia, Georgia, Lithuania and Estonia have always been independent nations.
~There have always been flat-screen televisions.
~ Everyone has always known what the evening news was before the Evening News came on.
~ Britney Spears has always been heard on classic rock stations.
~ They have never been Saved by the Bell
~ Most communities have always had a mega-church.
~ The status of gays in the military has always been a topic of political debate.
~ There has always been a computer in the Oval Office.
~ Migration of once independent media like radio, TV, videos and compact discs to the computer has never amazed them.
~ Nobody has ever responded to "Help, I've fallen and I can't get up."
~ There has always been blue Jell-O.
(Copyright © 2009 Beloit College; click here to visit their site and read the entire list.)
Take this opportunity to pray for all those young men and women entering college this year -- that they will remain strong in their faith while in school and that those who don't know Christ will encounter a faithful Christian witness while in college.
