The elementary school kid I tutor does not know what 9/11 is. When I explained (nevermind the fact that she's not learning about this in school) she gave me the blank stare and said, "Of course I don't know about it. I wasn't even born!"
Wait, I know this isn't the point of the thread (and was pages ago) but I'm confused how much an elementary school kid should be learning about 9/11?
uhhh, why shouldn't they be? I'm confused about your confusion. Kids learn history, don't they?
Friends who are 3Ls who do not know what "michrofiche" is.
My little brother (12 years younger than me) didn't know what a card catalogue was because all the libraries he uses have computerized databases of the books the library owns.
I remember how my sister and I pooled our graduation money in 2001 (me from hs, her from elementary) to buy our first computer. It was a Dell desktop that cost over $1k. We were so excited to finally have AOL and profiles, and even moreso when we discovered the HTML codes that would change the colors and fonts.
I also remember hating Facebook when it first available to my college, and thinking how its simple format could never possibly replace MySpace.
And I was watching a friend's three year-old the other day and she fully understands how to use an iPad.
When people talk about being on Facebook in college. I already had my Masters and had been working for many years when Facebook was launched, let alone when it became available widespread.
I was in law school when it was launched. My friend went to Yale and was the first to have it since she still had her email address. We were like, meh, we have Friendster.
When people talk about being on Facebook in college. I already had my Masters and had been working for many years when Facebook was launched, let alone when it became available widespread.
I was in law school when it was launched. My friend went to Yale and was the first to have it since she still had her email address. We were like, meh, we have Friendster.
lol.
I joined Facebook right after I got married, and right before my 10 year high school reunion (fall of 2007, so years after it launched). Before then, there was no reason to join -- it was for college kids and none of my friends were on it because none of my friends were in college. In law school my friends used Friendster and when that started sucking we moved to Myspace. Somewhere around the middle of 2007 is when people I knew who were my age started joining.
Post by simpsongal on Jan 10, 2013 15:10:39 GMT -5
I think certain pop culture references should taught by parents and appreciated by a younger generation (e.g, Mel Brookers movies, I Love Lucy reruns). It's the dying technology and media w/o staying power that makes you feel old
And on that note - laser disc anyone? Beta? Ether net? Or dial up? Pagers? And the latest entry - CDs.... (coming soon DVDs, the Flip cameria, point-and-shoot digital cameras, computers w/towers) At least vinyl records are cool again.
ETA: Based on my experience and straw poll, I think you can add HS reunions to the scrap heap soon. FB has practically negated the whole ordeal.
I was in law school when it was launched. My friend went to Yale and was the first to have it since she still had her email address. We were like, meh, we have Friendster.
lol.
I joined Facebook right after I got married, and right before my 10 year high school reunion (fall of 2007, so years after it launched). Before then, there was no reason to join -- it was for college kids and none of my friends were on it because none of my friends were in college. In law school my friends used Friendster and when that started sucking we moved to Myspace. Somewhere around the middle of 2007 is when people I knew who were my age started joining.
FB tells me I actually joined in 2004, but I don't have any posts until 2006. (yay timeline?)
My HS boyfriend (whose family had a phone installation business) was the first guy I knew who had a car phone. Not a cell phone. A phone installed in the car. It had a cord.
Oh yeah. I had one of these until my sophomore year of college when I got a cell phone (and I was a fairly early adopter among my friends). It plugged into the cigarette lighter. Amazing.
I was in law school when it was launched. My friend went to Yale and was the first to have it since she still had her email address. We were like, meh, we have Friendster.
lol.
Love it. DH had to explain to me what Facebook was. I had no idea. We were in grad school. I was on Friendster at the time too.
The elementary school kid I tutor does not know what 9/11 is. When I explained (nevermind the fact that she's not learning about this in school) she gave me the blank stare and said, "Of course I don't know about it. I wasn't even born!"
Wait, I know this isn't the point of the thread (and was pages ago) but I'm confused how much an elementary school kid should be learning about 9/11?
Really? In 4th grade I had learned about the Challenger, the Kennedy assassination, Pearl Harbor, etc. I would expect a school to be teaching basic information about one of the most important events in US history.
And on that note - laser disc anyone? Beta? Ether net? Or dial up? Pagers? And the latest entry - CDs.... (coming soon DVDs, the Flip cameria, point-and-shoot digital cameras, computers w/towers) At least vinyl records are cool again.
Ah, pagers.
07734 (Bonus points if you get it.)
I worked with a girl in '99 that had her pager set to go off at 4:20 every afternoon. ^o) 8-D
I distinctly remember filling up my gas tank and paying $0.69 a gallon.
I also remember when you could get a can of soda from a vending machine for 50 cents. At least in my area, I haven't seen a vending machine that cheap in years.
I'm not that old...at least I tell myself that, but in one of my Poli-Sci classes, there were kids who were in elementary during 9/11...that was a crushing blow to my youth and made me feel like an underachiever. I am also really sad that my 10 year reunion should be coming up (don't know if its going to happen). WTF, I haven't been out of high school for 10 years?!?
I feel old whenever I see those internet nostalgia posts (you're a child of the 90s if...) and I don't get it. Because I was too old to get any enjoyment out of Rugrats or Power Rangers. I had to finish reading my YM magazine before 90210 came on.
And both the Back to the Future thing and the That 70s Show thing really hit me where it counts. Ouch. Old balls.
Wait, I know this isn't the point of the thread (and was pages ago) but I'm confused how much an elementary school kid should be learning about 9/11?
Really? In 4th grade I had learned about the Challenger, the Kennedy assassination, Pearl Harbor, etc. I would expect a school to be teaching basic information about one of the most important events in US history.
Every time I see one of those stickers stating what year a person must have been born in to legally buy alcohol or cigarettes, I feel old. People born in 1995 can legally buy a pack of cigarettes. WHAT.
That's the year I graduated from high school!
I graduated high school two years before that - so you make me feel old! lol
Wait, I know this isn't the point of the thread (and was pages ago) but I'm confused how much an elementary school kid should be learning about 9/11?
Really? In 4th grade I had learned about the Challenger, the Kennedy assassination, Pearl Harbor, etc. I would expect a school to be teaching basic information about one of the most important events in US history.
Maybe I'm mixing my elementary school and middle school years up, but I don't remember having true history classes with heavier topics like that until middle school.
But then I also read the ce&p posts about kindergarteners reading chapter books and realize I have little basis for what is grade appropriate. I guess 8-9 years olds seem really little to be learning about terrorists flying planes into buildings to me.
I teach a Sunday school class to teenagers. The new kids that joined my class on 1/1/13 were all born in '98. I often preface stories with "when I was your age" and then have to add "you know, before you were born". I hate it. I am not old enough to have to say stuff like that.
Post by RoxMonster on Jan 10, 2013 17:09:33 GMT -5
My students make me feel old a lot. I teach HS and may have never heard of or seen shows like Saved by the Bell or Boy Meets World. My first year teaching, when 9/11 came around, I started a discussion about where they were/how they found out that day, and they were like "We were only in kindergarten or first grade. We don't remember it." That made me feel SUPER old and opened my eyes to the fact we are in different generations.
Post by Lucille Bluth on Jan 10, 2013 17:15:34 GMT -5
What about these...
They both make me wish there was some type of store where you could buy them. I know they exist for people who grew up in communism and want to buy their old foods. Someone could make a real killing.