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Subject:Re: old school - A serious Question From:"Susan W Gallagher" <susanwg -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"Beth Agnew" <Beth -dot- Agnew -at- senecac -dot- on -dot- ca> Date:Tue, 20 May 2008 11:23:08 -0700
Interesting list, thanks Beth! Yes, things do change, don't they. I said
"daisy wheel printer" to an intern once and got the strangest look -- "a
*what*???"
-Sue Gallagher
On 5/20/08, Beth Agnew <Beth -dot- Agnew -at- senecac -dot- on -dot- ca> wrote:
>
> For an interesting contrast have a look at the Mindset List compiled by
> Beloit College about students entering college this year.
> <http://www.beloit.edu/~pubaff/mindset/2011.php>. First on the list is
> that for these students, born in 1989, the Berlin Wall doesn't exist.
>
>
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