17 August 2010: Incoming Class of Tabula Rasa
Paul August 17th, 2010
Beloit College’s Mindset List for the incoming Class of 2014 is both comic and tragic. It makes me happy to learn that, born in 1992, “a quarter of the freshmen class has at least one immigrant parent, and the immigration debate is not a big priority unless it involves real aliens from another planet.” But it makes me sad that, for most of them, “Beethoven has always been a dog,” and that “they first met Michelangelo when he was just a computer virus.” Teachers, take note. The pitcher is empty. Say that to the kids in class, and they’ll probably tell you where to go for the cheapest beer in town.
