][< en, My wife showed this to me a few weeks ago. In that version it was described as a "primer" for college profs, so that they might better understand their new students' frame of reference. Frightening nonetheless. (It's all too recent to be "history".) Bruce Popkin > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Follett [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 2:01 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Found on the Web > > Managing design professionals in a rapidly changing world > March 15, 2000 - David Weisberg, AEC Automation Newsletter > > What Will the Next Generation of Architects and Engineers Be Like? > > The following is a slightly edited version of an item that was circulating > on > the Internet earlier this year. It provides some significant food for > thought > regarding the design professionals who will be graduating from college > four > years from now. The original author is unknown, but should be complemented > on > his/her insight. > > The people who started college this past fall were mostly born after > 1980... > > They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era and probably did > not > know he had ever been shot. > They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged. > Black Monday 1987 is about as significant to them as the Great Depression. > They were 11 when the Soviet Union broke apart and do not remember the > Cold > War. > They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up. > Tianamen Square means nothing to them. > Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic. > Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums. The expression "you sound like a > broken record" means nothing to them. > Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels, nor have they seen a > black-and-white TV. > There has always been VCR's, but they have no idea what BETA is. > They cannot fathom not having a remote control. > Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave. > The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them as WWI, WWII and the Civil > War. > They do not care who shot J.R. and have no idea who J.R. is. > There has always been MTV. > They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter. > Changing the Design Process