The Beloit College mind set list is both right and wrong on certain aspects in my honest opinion. Every generation has certain things that are popular during that time, and technology is constantly changing. In Order to keep up with a world that is constantly moving technology has to change, thats just the way it is. For example as the world population increases more food has to be produced. Bigger and better technology is created to make the process of growing and harvesting food quicker and more efficient.
The Beloit list to me sounds like its just someones opinions. I believe this because they assume that the 2014 generation doesnt know the anything about the classic movie stars like Clint Eastwood. I dont care who you are you honestly cant tell me that you've never seen this actor in an older movie or newer one such as Gran Torino.
They say that few in people know how to write in cursive. Now i know for a fact that most of us were taught cursive in say third grade. Therefor im betting that if you asked most of us to write in cursive now, we could all probably atleast give you our name. Now computers thats a whole diffrent story. With everything being available at the click of a mouse nothing is sacred. You can find where people live, where they work, there past speeding tickets, anything. Many of us complain that the computer is running to slow, but really i think its just nobody has any patience. Were caught up in a world that is constanly Go Go Go. Being able to find everything on the internet isnt necessarily a good, sometimes it can be an invasion of privacy. It can take away from your learning experience also. Everything can be made more simple with technology but think about, at what cost is it to you.
Colorful ribbons, DNA finger printing, second hand smoke, Walmart, sitcoms, and War are pretty much the basics of life now a days. The Beloit survey was right about some of these things. Walmart is pretty much the greatest store invented ever. Its almost impossible to not run into someone who smokes. As far as ribbons go, its like a tradition everyone wants someone else to know that they care.
The Beloit college mind set list is a good way for everyone to relize what there missing and what there not. The more the world is progressing, the more knowledge there is to intake. Its not necessarily that people have forgotten some of the things, but its just hard to remember so much, when you have to be learning new things all the time no matter what your age is.
