Most of today's graduating seniors were born in 1982



   They have very little recollections of Ronald Reagan's presidency; 

   they found out he was shot by reading it in a book.

   

   They have never been threatened by nuclear war; few have a vague  

   recollection of the Berlin wall going down, but the majority have no idea 

   that Germany was once a divided nation.



   They can't remember the fiasco of crystal Pepsi and have no recollection 

   of New Coke.



   Micheal Dukakis might as well be a Greek restaurant owner.



   They have vague recollections of the space shuttle Challenger blowing up; 

   more likely, they could tell you where they were when they found out Kurt 

   Cobain killed himself.



   Most have no idea who John Wayne Bobbitt is.



   Most have never purchased a vinyl L.P.; most have never seen an 

   8-track tape.



   The Gulf War was fought and won half their lives ago.



   They have never attended a school without a computer; most have never 

   lived in a house without a computer.



   Fox has always been there for their viewing enjoyment.



   Ask them to name a great Yankee and they will tell you Derek Jeter, 

   not Reggie Jackson.



   Pac-man was a game their parents played.



   They have no recollection of the "Bush Recession"



   A Rubik's cube is a museum piece to them.



  "Star Wars" and "E.T." are old movies to them and the special effects suck. 



   They never thought that aids was just a gay disease.



   Tiannamen square was something they might have learned from a book.



   They have no idea who the Brat Pack was or what they did.



   The Milli Vanilli scandal broke when they were in elementary school.



   They have no recollections of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker.



   They got over "New Kids on the Block" before they turned ten.



   C.N.N. has always been their "news channel".



   They can't remember what Letterman did before he hosted "The Late Show".



   They sort of remember the "Cheers" finale being a big deal, but they were 

   children in the show's heyday; most have no idea Woody Harrelson was 

   on the show before he made movies.



   They have no clue about who Senator Packwood was and why his diaries were 

   such a big deal.



   Ask them about a great San Francisco quarterback and they'll say "Steve 

   Young".



   They have no idea that McDonnell's ever marketed a "Mclean" 

   or a "Mcd.l.t.".



   They cannot remember a world without pagers, a.t.m. cards, or Starbucks.



   They have no idea that Bill Cosby was a pitchman for a myriad of products.



   A few might be able to tell you who hosted "The Tonight Show" 

   before Jay Leno.



   They can't recall a time when they could not walk into a convenience store 

   and not buy bottled water.



   "USA Today" was born the same year they were, but most have never 

   purchased a newspaper.



   They cannot recall vending machines that didn't accept dollar bills.



   They can't remember going to a grocery store that didn't give you the 

   option of letting you pay with a debit/a.t.m. card.



   Their first recollection of Tom Cruise was probably "Days Of Thunder".



   They can't remember a time when the an Olympics wasn't held every 

   two years.

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