Beloit College Mindset

After reading through Beloit College Mindset's list I found a few I really agreed with, some I didn't agree with, and also some I had no clue about; I actually had a lot more than a few I didn't understand.  When I was finished reading this list I realized how much things change over the years.  I agreed strongly with three of them; 2(Email is just too slow, and they seldom if ever use snail mail), 27(Computers have never lacked a CD-ROM disk drive), and 62(Having hundreds of cable channels but nothing to watch has always been routine).  I disagreed with numbers 19(They never twisted the coiled handset wire aimlessly around their wrists while chatting on the phone), 28(They’ve never recognized that pointing to their wrists was a request for the time of day), and 50(Toothpaste tubes have always stood up on their caps).


Of the three I agreed with, 62 caught me as the best one.  I can't even count how many times I have sat down to watch TV and have not been able to find a single thing to watch out of the 100+ channels.  Number 2 came in at a close second though because I would choose texting over Email, for a faster way to communicate, and Email over snail mail (which I only use to send cards).  Last of all came number 27.  My mom and I were looking at computers for college and we came to one that didn't have a CD-ROM disk drive and I learned that day that computers weren't originally made with one. 


I disagreed with 19 and 28 both, but not very strongly.  I can remember talking on the phone a lot as a kid while playing with the cord.  I also remember a lot through school having to point at my wrist when we weren't supposed to talk and class and I couldn't see the clock.  My slight disagreement with these two is because I only remember having a wall phone for a few years and not everyone knew what I was talking about when I pointed at my wrist.  I really disagree with number 50 though because I still have tooth paste tubes that don't stand, not very efficient at all!


There were others on the list that I slightly agreed with or disagreed with but these six are the ones that stood out the most.  It really surprised me as I went through the list at how much I didn't know and I figure that's because I truly don't know about them. It will be fun to watch this site over the next decade and see how much it changes even then.