
The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1980
They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged.
Black Monday 1985 is as significant to them as the GreatDepression.
Their lifetime always included AIDS.
Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums.
The expression," you sound like a broken record" means nothing at all to them.
They may have heard of an 8-track, but probably never have seen one.
The digital disc was introduced when they were one year old.
As far as they know, stamps have always cost about 32 cents
They always had an answering machine.
Most have never seen a TV with only 13 channels
They were born the year the walkman was introduced.
They never took a swim and thought about jaws.
They never heard the term,"where's the beef?"
They don't know that "8-6-7-5-3-0-9" is Jenny's phone number.Do you feel old now? Remember, the people who don't know these things will be in college this year.