In the Mindset List for the Class of 2014, number one reading. "Few in the class know how to write in cursive," made sense to me. I have realized that since our generation and at my elementary school personally, we were able to decide whether we wanted to write in cursive or print in 5th grade. The majority of us chose to print instead of bother with the cursive writing because writing in print was much "cooler." But, after getting into high school and with random assignments or surveys where we needed to write in cursive most of us had completely forgotten how to even write that way.
I also agree with number four, "Al Gore has always been animated." To me this relates and shows that in our generation Al Gore has only run for many positions in office and has never been selected. He shows up animated shows such as Family Guy and South Park being made fun of most of the time instead of being taken seriously as a political figure. So, to the class of 2014, Al Gore is a "joke" instead of a serious political leader.
I disagree with number 47 on the list stating, "Children have always been trying to divorce their parents." I believe that in many cases the children are not trying to divorce their parents but I honestly feel that the children aren't as crushed and upset about their parents divorce as they may have been years before. Some children are actually excited when their parents are getting divorced because they then think that they may get more attention from each parent. I think that this is a sad case because the divorce rates in our generation have sky-rocketed drastically from previous generations.
Number 12, "Clint Eastwood is better known as a sensitive director than as Dirty Harry," I agree with this one because ever since our generation, Eastwood has been the director for many films. Many students may not have ever seen Dirty Harry so they may not be familiar with his acting at all. I do disagree with number 46 reading, "Nirvana is on the classic oldies station." This is stating that Nirvana is not listened to anymore and that it is only found on the oldies station. Personally, I have a lot of friends that still love Nirvana and I have heard their music on many stations recently.
In conclusion, this list is stating many things that our generation has grown up with and states things that our generation has forgotten about. Many are really confusing and many are humorous and make sense. Our generation has gone through many things that are completely different when being compared to earlier generations. Also, I honestly feel like our generation is unaware of our surroundings in the world and events that happen each and every day. We are also not as aware of our past and significant things that have happened.
Kelley Jamison
