It’s time for what has become, for me, a treasured annual ritual. You see, this time every year, Beloit College releases the Beloit Mindset List - and this time every year I post a link to it on our blog and lament the fact that it makes me feel old - this year even more so, having just attended a high school reunion. It’s becoming quite the tradition. But for those of you who don’t remember, the Beloit Mindset List is a list of thoughts and events and relative experiences common to the incoming freshman class. My parents and I actually talked about some things last weekend - that kids these days (just typing that phrase makes me feel like I’m 80) haven’t had to get their physical plane tickets until they get to the airport. They don’t know what a real phone ring sounds like. And then, after returning from my high school reunion, The Mindset List was in my inbox.

So here it is, for your enjoyment (and self-flagellation). Read it and remember how much a mere ten years can change the general landscape of perception and context. As quickly as things change in this modern, global society, you have to be prepared to communicate in a way that doesn’t have to be figured out, but that fits into the context of your listeners. Or they’ll just put in their earbuds and ignore you right into oblivion.

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