What's become of "Jiffy Pop"?

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Follett [mailto:[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