Class of 2012...

This years Freshman class was born around or in 1990. Here are some interesting facts about their lives:

They have never known a life without cell phones.

The only host they know of from the Tonight show is Jay Leno.

They will be the first freshmen class in history to receive more of their news from the internet than from television.

Many of today’s incoming college freshmen have never used a traditional dictionary, encyclopedia or even a phone book.

Many have never consumed tap water.

Many have never owned a cassette tape.

Many have never seen a movie on VHS.

Most have never owned a camera where film needs to be “developed”.

Harry Potter could be a classmate, playing on their Quidditch team.

GPS satellite navigation systems have always been available.

Coke and Pepsi have always used recycled plastic bottles.

Shampoo and conditioner have always been available in the same bottle.

Gas stations have never fixed flats, but most serve cappuccino.

Electronic filing of tax returns has always been an option.

All have had a relative–or known about a friend’s relative–who died comfortably at home with Hospice.

Universal Studios has always offered an alternative to Mickey in Orlando.

Martha Stewart Living has always been setting the style.

Haagen-Dazs ice cream has always come in quarts.

Students have always been “Rocking the Vote.”

Schools have always been concerned about multiculturalism.

IBM has never made typewriters.

McDonald’s and Burger King have always used vegetable oil for cooking french fries.

They have never been able to color a tree using a raw umber Crayola.

Pee-Wee has never been in his playhouse during the day.

Authorities have always been building a wall across the Mexican border.

Lenin’s name has never been on a major city in Russia.

Employers have always been able to do credit checks on employees.

Personal privacy has always been threatened.

Caller ID has always been available on phones.

The Green Bay Packers (almost) always had the same starting quarterback.

They never heard an attendant ask “Want me to check under the hood?”

Iced tea has always come in cans and bottles.

Soft drink refills have always been free.

They have never known life without Seinfeld references from a show about “nothing.”

Muscovites have always been able to buy Big Macs.

Off-shore oil drilling in the United States has always been prohibited.

Radio stations have never been required to present both sides of public issues.

There have always been charter schools.