Those College Kids!
University of Toronto
Back to school is just around the corner for kids of all ages, including those attending university or college. Here are some facts about the teens who are leaving home for the first time this fall and will be coming of age on campus:
Students entering college for the first time this fall were generally born in 1990.
For these students, Sammy Davis Jr., Jim Henson, Ryan White, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Freddy Krueger have always been dead.
GPS satellite navigation systems have always been available.
They have never been able to color a tree using a raw umber Crayola.
There has always been Pearl Jam.
To view the complete list compiled by Beloit College, click HERE.
Which items on this list really resonate with you? What incidents or events have made you feel old? I remember a few years ago walking into a clothing store where I was clearly too old to be shopping and mistaking another customer for a sales associate. Older women used to do that to me all the time. Welcome to the Club, Carly!
Click on the No Comments/Comments link below to have your say. Today’s Jack Nation bonus code is 1990 (no italics, though). It expires on August 21st.
August 19th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Yikes! If I wasn’t before, I’m starting to feel my age now. Thanks a bunch Carly! Yeesh!
What hit it home for me isn’t on your list, but my neice recently turned 12. I found myself thinking - where have those 12 years gone? I still have clear memories of the time she was born, (pardon the cliche) like they were yesterday!
*sigh*
And of course, the occasional person asking if I’m going to have kids of my own before *ahem* I get too old. :S
Such is life.
-S.B.
Carly’s Note: Yeah, kids will do it every time. I don’t feel much older than I did when my ten year-old cousin was born, but now that she’s shopping at Ardene and developing crushes on boys, I feel ancient. As for people asking you about when you’re going to have kids of your own, that’s awfully rude. I’m sure you don’t ask them when they’re going to drop 50 pounds or start minding their own business.
August 19th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Carley you look like skully in x-files
not to be insulting Flattering
Carly’s Note: Thanks, Michael! Maybe I’ll start attending X-Files Conventions - if there is such a thing. Of course, I could just see myself meeting and falling for some guy who keeps calling me Dana or Gillian, but, you know, I’ve been called worse…
August 19th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Roll-up windows…they have no clue…in my aforementioned crap Cavalier, I have roll-up windows (last of the Mohicans, that’s me), and honest to god BFF Shelley’s daughter looked downright confused when I told her to roll-up the window. I felt like a stewardess giving a pre-flight tutorial for god’s sake
Carly’s Note: I don’t like power windows. What if you’re in a life-threatening situation and there’s no electrical system? I mean, it happens on TV all the time!!!
August 19th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
When I was standing in line for a football game at my beloved Washington State University in Pullman, WA as a very attractive 30 something male, I had a couple of freshman hotties standing in front of me. Over the stadium sound system Guns ‘n Roses was playing “Welcome to the Jungle”. I turned to one of the 19 year old Freshman (who is now almost old enough to be my future wife) and asked if she knew who this band was playing? She responded that she had no idea.
Right then, I felt a bit “older” but quickly realized that with these looks, money, and charm I could be educating my future wife with a little music trivia. How do you like that little story Carly?
P.S. - I loved your Maui blog. Also, we your adoring public would like to see your definition of “infinity” in an upcoming blog.
Carly’s Note: Get over yourself, Scarface! “Infinity” means having no beginning and no end - kind of like your pomposity. Future wife! Future ex-wife, you mean.
August 20th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Hi Carly,
Wow you had me thinking here…. My Son is 17 almost 18 born in 1990. I was sitting here thinking of all the things that he never knew or thought always existed…. Dial telephones, Records… a couple of the everyday things he never used… Wearing seatbelts… He doesn’t know driving without one. Heck I remember laying in the back window of my parents Monte Carlo on a trip to florida, waving at the people behind us….LOL
Some changes for the good, but I miss the old records….
Carly’s Note: Well said, Denise! Usually change is good, but sometimes character is lost along the way - like records that are scratched or that skip from being “over-enjoyed”.
August 25th, 2008 at 10:37 am
Hi Carly,
I have been with the UofT football team this past week during their training camp writing a story about the team’s upcoming season and yes i am old enough to be their fathers as much it hurts me to admit it.
As a matter of fact i am older than most of the coaches too! Sigh!
I did pull a prank on them this past spring when we had some meetings-I introduced my self to some of the players as a mature student who was trying out for the team and a few of them thought i was serious! A few of them said “why not? we’ve had some here before.”
What i have found though is that these guys are all ambitious and confident and a bit of it has rubbed off on me as i gain some positive energy by being around them all day for the past 2 weeks.
When i watch them run, block and tackle in full pads in the scorching heat i think to myself that it’s not so bad being middle-aged after all and watching from the sidelines!
The video equipment for watching game film is way more sophisticated than when i played football as is the all the emphasis on stretching, nutrition, water breaks, massage therapy, etc.
Oh yes my final story. My god daughter just turned 23 and last year bought a house with her boyfriend. Man oh man where does the time go?
Have a great day Carly. Your themes for the blogs are excellent!
Carly’s Note: Thanks so much, Dave! It’s hard to believe that back in the day, there was no warm up or physical conditioning or nutritional regimen - guys just showed up and played football. Talk about setting your body up to be worse for wear!