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The Marist Mindset List for the Entering College Class of 2023

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday September 12 2019, @11:52AM   Printer-friendly
from the what-do-you-remember? dept.

martyb writes:

The Marist Mindset List for the Entering College Class of 2023:

The Marist Mindset List for the Entering College Class of 2023

Born in 2001 the incoming class of college students never shared the earth with Joey Ramone, George Harrison, Timothy McVeigh, or Ken Kesey.

Among their classmates could be Billie Eilish, Sasha Obama, or Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's daughter Simone.

  1. Like Pearl Harbor for their grandparents, and the Kennedy assassination for their parents, 9/11 is an historical event. 
  2. Thumb, jump, and USB flash drives have always pushed floppy disks further into history.
  3. The primary use of a phone has always been to take pictures.
  4. The nation's mantra has always been: "If you see something, say something."
  5. The Tech Big Four--Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Google -- are to them what the Big Three automakers were to their grandparents.
  6. Their smart pens may write and record faster than they can think.
  7. Nearly half of their generation is composed of people of color.
  8. When they pulled themselves up off the floor for the first time, they may have been hanging onto the folks' brand-new Xbox.
  9. There have always been indecisive quadrennial debates regarding the future of the Electoral College.
  10. Oklahoma City has always had a national memorial at its center.
  11. [...]

Created by Tom McBride and Ron Nief at Beloit College in 1998, the list was meant to reflect the world view of entering first year students—and to help faculty understand incoming classes—the list started with the members of the class of 2002, born in 1980.

There are 50 more items on the list of things that have been either always or never true for the list's Entering College Class.

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by EvilSS on Thursday September 12 2019, @02:19PM (6 children)

    by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Thursday September 12 2019, @02:19PM (#893163)
    A pen that makes a digital copy of what you write. Tried many times since the late 90's/early 2000's to make them a thing but they flopped every time. Currently Livescribe is the biggest company pushing them. They are expensive and most require special paper to work properly, or a special notebook (Wacom has one in their Bamboo line). I doubt most entering freshmen even know what a smart pen is. This list is off its rails.
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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday September 12 2019, @02:51PM (3 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Thursday September 12 2019, @02:51PM (#893173) Journal

    What is a smart pen?

    A pen that makes a digital copy of what you write.

    Sounds like an excellent gift idea for Russia / China / North Korea to gift to Trump.

    A smart pen sounds about as smart as other smart IoT things.

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    • (Score: 2) by Rupert Pupnick on Thursday September 12 2019, @03:16PM (2 children)

      by Rupert Pupnick (7277) on Thursday September 12 2019, @03:16PM (#893188) Journal

      So then the problem with a smart pen is that you need a special surface to go with it. Given that I already have extremely cheap, reliable, and readily available pens and non-special surfaces (generally called paper) that I can carry around with me, along with a smartphone, I would argue that the digital storage functionality is already there in the form of taking a picture of whatever I write down. I can also use this technique to capture images on non-smart whiteboards drawn with non-smart markers. And I don't have to worry about keeping a smart pen charged, just the smartphone, which I already do.

      • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday September 12 2019, @06:35PM

        by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Thursday September 12 2019, @06:35PM (#893267) Journal

        How many tech toys have there been that seemed cool but were completely impractical?

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      • (Score: 2) by EvilSS on Thursday September 12 2019, @08:32PM

        by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Thursday September 12 2019, @08:32PM (#893321)
        OK, just let us know who you would like to argue this with, and we'll see if it can be arranged.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @06:08PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @06:08PM (#893250)

    I would think they mean something like an ipencil. They are rather popular to use in class.

    • (Score: 2) by EvilSS on Thursday September 12 2019, @08:37PM

      by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Thursday September 12 2019, @08:37PM (#893327)
      You mean the Apple Pencil? I doubt it. "Smart Pen" has been it's own niche category for a while now and I've never heard anyone refer to a stylus for a tablet as one. I think the profs who put this list together have just aged out of the ability to put this list together. The gap has grown too wide between them and the students.