Comments on: 15 Things 2007 College Freshmen Do Not Remember

By: Kat

Kat — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:12:36 +0000

Born in 94 and I remember quite a few of these things (not the Berlin Wall etc… though for obvious reasons. I’m not even a freshman yet 🙂

By: kass

kass — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:48:29 +0000

I was a college freshman and of these things I dont really remember most of the current events but as for VCRs, nintendo, MJ and encyclopedias i remember. Im glad I do. There are some of my fellow classmates I know do not.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 06:59:37 +0000

I was born in 88 and alot of these things were before my time, but I certainly remember things like DuckHunt (…and trying like heck to shoot the dog that laughed at you when you missed), floppy disks, life without internet (when I was younger I thought it didn’t exist until the late 90s!), Windows 95, and recording things with a VCR!

By: Clare

Clare — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:12:04 +0000

I love this blog
I was born in 1990 and we used hard cover encyclopedias at school, our phone still had a cord, we have old floppy disks lying around the house, our first computer had windows 95 (and DOS games) and I STILL tape movies off TV, with the recorder timed on my VCR. In 2007 these things were on the way out but I remember them for sure though I’ll admit the current events not so much

By: Georgia M

Georgia M — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:40:07 +0000

I was born in 1989 in the UK (but I’m actually in my 4th year of uni, not a freshman) – and these are the things I DO remember:

3. The Berlin Wall
4. Hardback encyclopedia sets
5. Getting tangled up in a long kitchen phone cord
6. Setting the record timer on your VCR
7. When Michael Jackson and the moonwalk were cool
8. Recording music off the radio
10. A floppy disk
11. Windows 95
12. The Nintendo Entertainment System
15. I don’t remember ‘life before the WWW’ per se, but I remember first getting it, and how primitive it was 🙂

By: Rambo

Rambo — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:18:09 +0000

Considering the Challenger incident occurred in 1986, it’s not surprising those born 3 years later, can’t remember it – !

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:04:04 +0000

@Christie:
It sounds like you were a smart, active child. I have a tough time believing that most 18 year olds remember all the points discussed in this article… but I’m sure there are exceptions, like you.

Thanks for stopping by. I’m not certain how I made your day, but I’m glad I did. 😉

By: Christie

Christie — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:46:54 +0000

I’m just an outsider. Found your blog while googling random things at work.

First, I think you have made my day! Thank you!

Second, I was born in 1989; however, I was a college freshman in 2005!

I remeber getting tangled up in the kitchen phone cord while talking to my Dad.

I remeber setting the record timer so that I would not miss 7th Heaven while I was in school.

The moonwalk is still cool!

I used floppy disks until 2005!

I just recently updated my lap top from Window’s 95 to Window’s XP! HUGE difference!

I sucked at Duck Hunt – But I loved Mario! Especially when you defeated Bowser and got ‘P’ wings to last forever! (Almost)

I remeber the Oklahoma City Bombing very well. In fact Timothy McVeigh was executed on my 12th birthday!

I followed the OJ trial with my Mom.

And before the World Wide Web I was climbing trees and digging holes for fun!

Just thought I would share… Can we change the comment to High School Freshman? 😛 🙂

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:20:48 +0000

@James:
If you are 22 now, you were not a college Freshman in the year 2007… unless you took several years off after high school. I was refering to recent high school graduates on their way into college at the age of 17 or 18. 😉

By: James

James — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Umm…22 year old here, and I know about Challenger. Also, I’ve set VCRs, hacked Windows 95, used over 100 floppy disks (both 3.5 and 5.75), and I wish I still had my NES.

Oh, and I still have an opinion about how the OJ case went…

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By: Marc

Marc — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:50:58 +0000

Thanks for the spelling correction. It happens to the best of us.

By: giant j

giant j — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:29:15 +0000

apparently you don't remember reAgan all that well, either... spelling?