The Beloit College Mindset List is designed to show an overview of what "cultural touchstones" make the Class of 2014 the way they are. This list has several statements that I found to be true, not so true, and also had the ones that made no sense to me at all. Out of this list of seventy-five, I have found three that stuck out to me more than the others.
I find that "Few in the class know how to write in cursive." is true. Thinking back to my senior year in high school, I remember my friend saying that he didn't really know how to write in cursive, even though it was a taught subject at our school in the third grade. I think this might be because back home when we were younger and we had to write in cursive, the entire class would groan because we all thought that it would just be easier to just write the way we were originally taught versus trying to figure out how to write that darn S. I think that if kindergarteners were taught how to write in cursive from the time a pen or pencil was placed in their tiny hands, cursive would be seen more and not just when someone is signing something.
Another statement I find to be true is "Beethoven has always been a good name for a dog.” This is only because when I was a kid, I watched the movie Beethoven probably ten thousand times because it was one of my favorites. When I read that statement, I had to laugh to myself because I instantly knew they were referring to the lovable Saint Bernard that destroyed the family's house on a daily basis, but the entire family still loved him and went through great lengths to get him back after he was dognapped. I remember wanting one of those dogs for the longest time, but of course dad said no. I’m thinking that the reasoning was the fear that it would eat my little sisters. Maybe even drown them with its immense amount of slobber, who knows?
One statement that doesn’t seem to be all that true, for me anyway, is “They first met Michelangelo when he was just a computer virus.” I don’t know a whole lot about computer viruses, so I don’t know if it was or is some big one that everyone, other than me obviously, knows about, but I know I was introduced to Michelangelo as an artist and not some computer virus.
Although there are seventy-two other facts, cursive writing, a huge dog named Beethoven, and a computer virus named after a famous painter are the three that stood out to me more than the rest.
