The Beloit College Mindset List is a list of things that pertain to the college class of 2014. This is my opinion on some of the things listed there.
First of all, I find the very first post pretty interesting. I totally agree with it, and it pertains to me as well. After you take the ACT test, they tell you to copy a sentence in cursive saying that you are who you say you are and that you didn't cheat. As soon as the people in the room I was in heard these instructions, I heard many groans. It was just one sentence to copy down and it took the whole room about ten minutes to do it. Personally, it was a little difficult to do because I couldn't remember what half the letters looked like. I mean, I was only taught this once like way back in 3rd or 4th grade, how do they expect me to remember it?
The next one I found interesting was number eleven. It stated that John McEnroe has never played professional tennis. This is very true, the oldest tennis players I can remember actually seeing on T.V. were Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi. I remember that my brother Jacob would always cheer for Sampras and I would always hoot and holler for Agassi. I don't really know why I always cheered for him besides the fact that he was bald and looked cooler than Sampras and his curly hair. Although I never saw him play, I still love to watch Youtube videos of Johnny McEnroes outburts on my laptop.
One thing that I don't agree with is number 65. It says that, "They first met Michelangelo when he was just a computer virus." I don't know if I have lived a sheltered life or what, but I have never even heard of the Michelangelo Virus. He has always been known as the painter of the Sistine Chapel. I beleive I was first introduced to him while in maybe 6th grade in history class. Most recently though, when I hear his name I think of that scene in the movie "Hitch" where Will Smith tells Kevin James that he is Michelangelo and Kevin is the Sistine Chapel, which is of course reffering to the fact that Hitch is going to help Albert get Allegra Cole as a girlfriend..... Wow my mind wanders a lot.
As a whole, I think most of the things on this list are pretty accurate. The class of 2014 is used to doing this a certain way, and would definitely feel out of place if all of the technology they have grown so accustomed to was taken away.
