IBM Has Never Made Typewriters

Yep, it's that time of the year again, when Beloit College releases its annual "mindset" list to help older academicians understand just what it is that the incoming freshman class does and does not know. Among some of the items which resonated with us:

• Iced tea has always come in cans and bottles;
• 98.6 F or otherwise has always been confirmed in the ear; and
• There have always been charter schools.

And, thanks to Inside Higher Ed, we've also got a 'down under' list of this sort for you, from the Kiwis at Massey University:

• The Irain/Iraq War has always been over;
• Soviet troops have never been in Afghanistan; and
• New Zealanders have never been able to smoke on planes.