Coming to a Classroom Near You

Undergraduates this year; law students in Fall 2010.  Here are some of their characteristics from Beloit College's mindset list (following the link for the whole list):

• The Soviet Union has never existed and therefore is about as scary as the student union.
• They have known only two presidents.
• For most of their lives, major U.S. airlines have been bankrupt.
• They are wireless, yet always connected.
• A stained blue dress is as famous to their generation as a third-rate burglary was to their parents'.
• The Moral Majority has never needed an organization.
• DNA fingerprinting has always been admissible evidence in court.
• "Google" has always been a verb.
• Text messaging is their email.
• They have no idea why we needed to ask "...can we all get along?"
• They have always known that "In the criminal justice system the people have been represented by two separate yet equally important groups."
• They have rarely mailed anything using a stamp.
• Being techno-savvy has always been inversely proportional to age.
• Public school officials have always had the right to censor school newspapers.
• There have always been live organ donors.
• They have never put their money in a "Savings & Loan."
• Dolphin-free canned tuna has always been on sale.
• "Outing" has always been a threat.
• The U.S. has always been studying global warming to confirm its existence.
• They grew up with virtual pets to feed, water, and play games with, lest they die.