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Tuesday, December 2, 2008 • JANESVILLE, WI

Beloit College releases Mindset List

By BETH WHEELOCK ( Contact )   Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008
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WCLO's Beth Wheelock reports on the annual list that shows the world view of college freshmen.

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Although the Beloit College website says the annual Mindset List isn't designed to make you feel old, it is slightly disheartening to see that for the incoming class of 2012 phones have always had caller ID.

The Mindset List isn't chronological, but intended to provide a frame of reference for those students born in 1990. Public Affairs Director Ron Nief says the class is used to everything being recycled and technology doesn't impress them anymore. Others on the list: They have always been looking for Carmen Sandiego, electronic filing of tax returns has always been an option, and authorities have always been building a wall across the Mexican border.

Scroll down to hear more about the mindset list.

Click here for the complete Mindset List.







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Sycamore_Fan
Aug 20, 2008 at 10:27 a.m.
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The list wasn't around in 1986, when I was heading to college. If it had it may have included such nuggets as:
- Ronald Reagan is a politician, not a movie star.
- People did not need a local operator to connect their phone calls.
- The Dodgers have always played in Los Angeles and the Giants have always played in San Francisco.
- TV shows have always been in color.
- The Surgeon General has always said smoking is hazardous to your health.

http://40-year-oldblog.blogspot.com/

doc0430
Aug 19, 2008 at 2:34 a.m.
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This is an excellent idea and I for one think it could be A usefull tool at all levels of school especially middle school and highschool we need to have the teachers more in touch to their students mindset hence the name of these tests. A big thumbs up to Beloit college once again showing why A small town Beloit college can be recognized as one of the top colleges in the US or the world for that matter........

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