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This makes me feel ancient.
I teach high school, mainly upperclassman. I'm almost 28, so I have over a decade on most my kids. In the last week, I've discovered the that several seniors DON'T know
A. Who Run-DMC is.
B. Who John Stamos is.
C. the Back to the Future movies.
I find this unbelievable, and quite painful.
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Re: This makes me feel ancient.
Yeah, they get a pass it is much worse when your colleague doesn't know such info. There is something to being aware of the things that took place in your era and the eras proceeding and following you.
BTW I teach high school too and those teens are funny :0
I am a big believer in cultural literacy.
My own kids were well versed in the eras that came before them, and I am proud to see that my daughter is making sure that her kids are aware as well. My grandsons are 4 and 6, and they are Back to the Future experts.
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When I talked to a girl I worked with about Clueless she asked me "Is that the really old movie from the 90s??"
I felt super old.
That REALLY makes me feel old!!
What is happening to the world??
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I'm 39, this is the one that makes me feel
I always get nostalgic when I think of things that the next generation (even current generation) who won't remember things that we all grew up with.
Ex. Be Kind, Rewind!, Answering Machines and then the invention of caller ID, no internet, no cell phones, no DVD's (I'm sure we are all old enough to remember when they first came out) and the list goes on.
I'm 35 and have a 13 year old step daughter who makes me feel old. However, I have made sure that DH and I have introduced her to all the old good movies and shows that we grew up with.
She loves Looney Tunes and the original Scooby Doo, she's seen all the great 80s movies like Breakfast Club, 16 Candles, Ferris Beuller, Weird Science, Say Anything, Goonies, etc. She even made my day one time by saying that the a lot of the 80s movies were better than most movies today! She's also seen Clueless, Can't Hardly Wait and other good 90s movies. When she was small she could sing along to Led Zeppelin, Kiss and Pink Floyd. We still have VHS tapes and cassette tapes in our household (don't use them often, but she knows what they are!)
You have to introduce them to the classics or they won't have a clue. Now, there's obviously some stuff she doesn't know about, but I think we've done well with her
I agree with you. I know about the music, films, books and tv shows of eras before mine.
I'm not a parent yet, but when I do, it'll be full of information about other generations. Dh and I had parents that taught us about their generation and the generations in-between. Heck, my Sirius channels tell you a lot about what I enjoy about other generations (40s on 4, 50s on 5, 60s on 6, Classic Radio). If it weren't for my mom MAKING me watch some of the older classics, I wouldn't have chosen to watch them myself, but I'm exceptionally glad that she did! Some of them are just AMAZING.
Heck, I didn't see a lot of movies from MY generation until recently, but I could still reference them--ie I watched Footloose for the first time on Friday night, but I still knew the general gist of the movie. The people that walk around and have NO reference for certain "generational" icons are probably people that also couldn't name the Vice President of the United States or the country we went to war against for our independence.