I totally agree with number one on the list. It is "Few in the class know how to write in cursive." I do not remember how to write in cursive. I learned how to use cursive in second grade and it was cool back then, but once I got into sixth grade it was a hastle and we complained about having to write in cursive. Once I got to middle school I only had to use it every once in a while and once high school rolled around we didn't use it at all. I have also never seen a computer without a CD-ROM disk drive and I always complain about nothing being on TV when I have hundreds of channels on cable.
With the many things on this list that I find very true, there are things that I don't find true also. When I was in elementary school I had tons of friends and cute little boyfriends and I did indeed twist the coiled handset wire aimlessly around my wrist while talking on the phone to them. I actually had one of those dial with your finger in the hole kind of phones when I was younger. I also do know the reference towards pointing towards your wrist for requesting the time of day. The whole time I was growing up, my mom always did that to me if I was doing something to make us late to refer that we needed to leave. Or if I was talking to someone and saying that we didn't have all day I would tap my wrist.
Some of the things on the list I have no idea what they even mean. Like who is J.R. Ewing or Doctor Kevorkian? Some of the things on the list do not have any relevance to us and we shouldn't have to know them. I do understand that somethings on the list I should know, but don't. So I guess me saying that I don't know some of them makes it look like we don't know things about what happened or was done in the past.
This "Beloit College Mindset List" is cool to look at and see what they think we know and don't know. There are things on this list that I do think are true. There are things on this list though that i do not find true and there are somethings that I have no idea what they are. Some people may think that we rely on technology or don't know lots of things, but we are actually smart individuals and we know what is going on.
Hi! I totally agreed with the telephone cord part and the pointing to your wrist part for time. I knew both of those things. I thought differently on the cursive part though because I know how to write in cursive still. I just thought it should be on a later list. By the way, Dr. Kevorkian was the doctor who helped "put people to sleep" (animal science terms". He was the one who made his own euthanization method for humans and eventually went to jail for it. I had to write a 10 page paper on euthanasia in humans so that's how I know. See you on Saturday!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you I don't really remember cursive that well. I mean I can write in it if I had to but some letters don't come back to me as quick as others.
ReplyDeletei happen to know how to write in cursive, but i hate it. and i often forget how to write certain letters and its very frustrating. i had a corded phone too when i was a kid, and i used it a lot (didnt play with the cord though).
ReplyDeleteIt's really interesting to read it every year. You see the things that they no longer think are relevant, and new things that most of us take for granted now.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the fact that cursive isn't used much the farther into schooling that you got because it was just a hassle. I think I could still write cursive if I had to but I have trouble reading other peoples cursive because most of it turns out not to be cursive but just a whole bunch of letters smashed together.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the part where you said that you complain that there is nothing on tv when there are plenty of things on the hundred of channels we have. I also agree with the part about cursive writinging because I absolutley hate it and don't remember some of the letters. And I do the same thing even if I don't have a watch, I tap on my wrist pretending I know what time it is.
ReplyDeleteI love how the cursive item was not only first on the list, but one I've seen in everyone's blog post, including my own.
ReplyDeleteI agree that reading the list is entertaining as well.
I don't think I'll ever be able to do cursive on a daily basis. Before my last round of ACT, I had to look up letters I didn't know in cursive the night before so I didn't feel quite as dumb when the paragraph at the end came around.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on a lot of this. I hate writing in cursive, I just don't like how it looks and sometimes it's hard to read. I didn't know who the doctors were either (thanks Kali). I used to play with the cord on the phone all the time, even if I wasn't talking on it. I got in trouble a lot for it..
ReplyDeleteHey Branygon,
ReplyDeleteTo begin, I agree that cursive handwriting is used less frequently as we age. When I was first taught it, I wanted to write in cursive as much as possible. When I was older, it became kind of a hassle. I do, however, still try to write in it from time to time. It just looks so pretty. :)
I also did not know who many people on the list were. I also agree that cursive is not used much and many of us have used phone when cords. I also wrote about pointing to our wrists to signify time.
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