Tomorrow -- Thursday August 26th -- the fall 2010 semester officially begins and I'll resume posting information to this site. Given the upcoming midterm elections, we should have plenty to discuss. Here are a couple of items that ought to be pertinent to you, some of you anyway.
- The Beloit College Mindset List.
- The Pew Research Center: The Millenials: Confident, Connected, Open to Change.
You are a trippy group of kids you know that?
In 2301 we will cover, late in the semester, the concept of a political generation. This refers to the group of people raised around the same time who share the same attitudes because they were exposed to the same experiences at the same time in their lives -- more or less. You are now being pegged. Now just in case you're looking and around and wondering about who these old people are all around you, here's what we know about the generation that already thinks you're too old.
