The Beloit College “Mindset List for the Class of 2014” seems to do a very well job on summarizing what we as the Class of 2014 have seen, not seen, and will see. Yet in my opinion the writer tends to overlook some aspects too much and over generalize our class.
One item that really struck out to me was that our class doesn’t know how to write in cursive. Personally I know I was taught cursive back in my elementary years, and I’m sure many of my other classmates across this bountiful nation did the same. Although we may not write with it everyday, and it might be a rusty skill to recall, it can still be done. In fact everyone that takes the ACT test has to write a whole paragraph in cursive.
Another point that stood out to me was the fact that we were raised with technology. Although technology has been around and developing for all of our lives, it didn’t really take off until about eight years ago. Up to that point, technology was around us occasionally at school, but not in a practical and everyday application like it is today. No doubt though this statement will be true for the class of 2020, as their parents now let technology baby sit their children versus a live human being.
A statement that really struck me was that we as a class aren’t afraid of immigration. Now I can’t speak for my class as a whole, but many have become quite frightened with the fact of the matter that the current President is supposedly thinking about granting illegal aliens amnesty in a rather short amount of time.
A startling fact that the writer brings up is the fact that a majority of my class never knew Russia aimed nukes at the United States. Once this generation is put into positions of high power, and these key aspects of history are overlooked, who knows what could happen. Hopefully Russia and other countries have had the thoughts of previous generations go down with the falling of their ancestors, but one can’t assume that upon them as what little we know about their countries is that their traditions never die – let’s hope this isn’t the case.
Overall, I agree with a large part of the “Mindset List for the Class of 2014,” yet I do believe some aspects tend to over generalize the class or have doubt in what we know and have gone through.
