The Mindset List of the Class of 2014 from Beloit College is extremely accurate. Take, for instance, number 28- “They’ve never recognized that pointing to their wrists is a request for the time of day.” It’s like, “Why on earth would you point to a place on your body where you would strap a watch and look at me with that look of inquiry on your face? “ Another one, number 46, says that according to us “Nirvana is on the classic oldies station.” Absolutely- usually the DJ will play them right after Elvis Presley. Another statement on this list that I find completely and undeniably true is “Someone has always gotten married in space (#48)”. I’m pretty sure NASA didn’t form to just go up there and ‘explore’, because everyone knows that the only logical reason to go up into space is to form a bond a holy matrimony.
We don’t understand the concept of pointing to your wrists as a sign of asking for the time. After years of research, it has been found that people used to wear these things which provided them with the time called “watches”. Okay, so the big question is: Did everyone wear these so called watches? The answer is no. Imagine someone sitting in a library in 1984 wondering the time because they are watch-less. They think, “Gee I’ll just go ask my pal Bernardo,” when they quickly realize that people are not allowed to just get up and ASK someone something in a LIBRARY. It was at that moment that the “what time is it motion” was created. Bernardo saw this motion and was confused at first, but then he quickly realized what his friend was asking him and responded with the time, thus getting yelled at for talking in the library (the “fingers to represent numbers” motion would not be invented until 1985). Watches have since then disappeared of the face of this earth, which is why none of us understand the origin of that motion.
According to The Mindset List of the Class of 2014, we believe that Nirvana is played on the classic oldies station. This could not be truer. Clear back in 1987 (5 entire years before we were even born) a band by the name of Nirvana was at its inception. So we grow up when suddenly we realize, “Wow. This music is an entire twenty three years old. It belongs on the classic oldies station.” We all know that The Beatles were classified as oldies in 1980. It’s the same thing with Nirvana; you grow up with some music and once you approach twenty it becomes oldies.
It is also completely normal procedure to get married in space. The class of 2014 looks at this situation logically. Back in 1961, a couple really wanted to get married in a romantic setting. After hours and hours of contemplation, they decided to get married where no man has gone before- outer space. After numerous proposals to the federal government, the United States decided to form an organization by the name of NASA. The American people were furious. Why on earth would anyone want to go into a new frontier? Do you just go up there and look around for a while in hopes of advancing the human race? No. America did not want to just go hang out in space. Finally, the people realized that NASA wasn’t formed to just ‘explore’ space, but it was formed so that humans could use space as a giant wedding alter. To the class of 2014, this is an extremely obvious and logical piece of our history.
We as the class of 2014 are very unique. We are living in a world of advanced technology. A world where you don’t need a watch to tell the time because we were all born with standard world clocks in our minds. A world that only plays Nirvana on radio stations with Janis Joplin. A world in which people have always gotten married in space. Yes, it is a complex world, but it is the world that the class of 2014 will soon be running.
