{"id":496,"date":"2009-08-20T07:13:09","date_gmt":"2009-08-20T11:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/?p=496"},"modified":"2009-08-20T07:13:09","modified_gmt":"2009-08-20T11:13:09","slug":"beloit-college-releases-its-class-of-2013-mindset-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/beloit-college-releases-its-class-of-2013-mindset-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloit College releases it’s Class of 2013 Mindset list"},"content":{"rendered":"

I must admit that I find the Mindset list from Beloit College<\/a> to be fascinating. Each year I look forward to their list because it does help to explain some of the cultural problems in dealing with young people. <\/p>\n

Their overview of the Class of 2013:<\/p>\n

\nMembers of the class of 2013 won’t be surprised when they can charge a latt\u00e9 on their cell phone and curl up in the corner to read a textbook on an electronic screen. The migration of once independent media\u2014radio, TV, videos and CDs\u2014to the computer has never amazed them. They have grown up in a politically correct universe in which multi-culturalism has been a given. It is a world organized around globalization, with McDonald’s everywhere on the planet. Carter and Reagan are as distant to them as Truman and Eisenhower were to their parents. Tattoos, once thought “lower class,” are, to them, quite chic. Everybody knows the news before the evening news comes on.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Some of my favorite: