In this blog assignment, we were asked to look at the Beloit College Mindset List. It lists 75 points that describe the incoming college class of 2014. We were asked to reflect on the points that were most accurate, and inaccurate.
I found that a lot of the points in this list were accurate, in my mind anyway. The first one that I found accurate was the one that said e-mail was too slow. I hardly ever use e-mail, except for the cymail that Iowa State uses for assignments and updates. Most people my age have adapted to Facebook, or something of that sort. In Facebook you see all the information you need on one page. With e-mail you have to go though multiple pages to see all the info.
Another point I found accurate was that we always blame the economy for our problems in life. Since as long as I can remember the economy hasn't been doing well. People are always complaining about how bad the economy is doing, and how much money they are losing.
One other point I found accurate was that people of this class have always had hundreds of channels, but nothing to watch. At home I had like 300 channels that I could watch, but I couldn't ever find anything good to watch. I would search through the cable guide like 6 or seven times and then give up. It was very frustrating.
One point that I thought was inaccurate was that people of my age don't know how to write in cursive. In my high school, all the written assignments that were handed in had to be written in cursive. I actually write in cursive most of the time because of this.
Overall I agreed with most of the points in this list. Some were more relevant than others. I thought a few were way off for me, but I thought they did a good job when composing this list.
