Beloit College’s Class of 2012 Mindset List has been released. It’s a list of things that incoming freshmen – most of whom were born in 1990 – are familiar with, but things they also don’t know or comprehend. For example, Harry Potter could very well be one of their classmates, the Class of 2012 Mindset List notes.
The list was started by Beloit’s Keefer Professor of the Humanities Tom McBride and Public Affairs Director Ron Nief, providing insight into the life and realities — as they exist — for incoming freshmen. It provides cultural touchstones that shape the lives of the incoming students, sometimes making it easier for a professor to understand why some students don’t grasp course content. one such example, for which I must be an exception, is this year’s item #20.
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If you’re a thief in Bal Harbour, Florida, you may want to give second thoughts to that stealing habit, as the cops may be able to track your every step without you knowing it. For some, such as the Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, the Holy family in Christian circles, at least, they are getting tagged with GPS trackers to protect themselves.
Yes, that’s right: Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, the family known throughout at least 2,000 years of history as being the Earthly family, as well as the infant babe, born supposedly on Christmas morning, the Son of God, or at least their likenesses, were stolen from a display in the city’s Founder’s Circle, and the fact that the figures were bolted down seemingly did nothing to impede the crooks.
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