Class of 2014: the cultural mindset
The New York Times highlighted a fun mental exercise that professors at Wisconsin's Beloit College go through each year, to ground themselves in the "mindset" of their incoming students.
They call it the Mindset List.
The point of the annual list is to help the school's professors avoid dated references and essentially, to keep reminding themselves how "digital" these young students are compared to years before.
Take a look at the list here. Which ones are your favorite?
No. 1 Few in the class know how to write in cursive.
Comments
I saw the No 1 mentioned a couple places last night and my question is how do they sign their names?
haha, great question! Let's try to find some of these 2014ers in the wild and ask them! -gs
Posted by: Paul | August 18, 2010 1:59 PM
Paul, number one seems to be a little iffy.
I am in the class of 2014 and I, along with most of my peers learned cursive writing until 6th grade.
I do, however, only use cursive to sign my name. I write much quicker if I print.
Posted by: beloiter | August 18, 2010 4:26 PM