Every year, Beloit College in northern Illinois prepares its "Mindset List," trying to prepare the faculty for the way the new first-years think. This year's class:
...are mostly 18 and were born in 1997.
Since they have been on the planet:
3. They have never licked a postage stamp.
6. Hong Kong has always been under Chinese rule.
17. If you say “around the turn of the century,” they may well ask you, “which one?”
32. The Lion King has always been on Broadway.
47. They had no idea how fortunate they were to enjoy the final four years of Federal budget surpluses.
50. ...and there has always been a Beloit College Mindset List.
This year's list also includes some translations from 2015-era teenager argot into standard English.