I found Beloit's College Mindset List to be humorous and sad at the same time. Some items hit home while others were way off. Some of it was rather funny, but other's were kind of sad because it was actually true.
One part of this list i thought hit right on would have to be: Ruth Bader Ginsburg has always sat on the Supreme Court. I don't even know if I was alive when she got voted on, but growing up I always knew her as "the old liberal lady on the Supreme Court." Also, the one were it says: One way or another, “It’s the economy, stupid” and always has been. I don't ever remeber when it wasn't the economy. The one that states "They never twisted the coiled handset wire aimlessly around their wrists while chatting on the phone" also hit home because with all the electronics and wireless devices going around these days, I don't even remeber when we had a phone with a cord. "Computers have never lacked a CD-ROM disk drive" also is true because every computer my family has owned has had a CD-ROM disk drive. Even though I do faintly remember being on a computer that didn't when I was like ten.
Parts that I feel were off would have to be: Few in the class know how to write in cursive. I was taught how to write cursive in all my years of elementary school, and I still use cursive today. I also know many people my age who also use cursive. Another "off" comment would have to be: Beethoven has always been a good name for a dog. From the time a hit first grade music until a graduated highschool, my music teachers always made a big deal of past musicians. I guess I don't know much about Beethoven, but I do know who he was and what he did.
Most of these items were right though, and that kind of is sad because people my age should know more about the past and what the people before us had to go through. Alot of the items made me laugh though because I had no idea who some of those people were on there. Also, because they were so true. But either way we are who we are and we can't really change much now.
