In a few short weeks, kids all over the country will be graduating high school as the class of 2014. Let's take a look at the incoming freshman class, the class of 2018. Here's how their experience will be different than yours...
1. First off, they were born in 2000 or 2001 and theyre graduating in 2018. Theyre the class of 2018.
2. Theyve never lived in a world with monthly texting limits.
3. The lyric shake it like a Polaroid picture has no meaning to them.
4. They never knew a Destinys Child with four members. They probably dont know Destinys Child at all.
5. The Motorola Razr is a museum artifact:
6. Star Wars has never been a trilogy.
7. Eminem could without a doubt be their dad.
8. Or, you know, one of the dudes from Hanson could be their dad.
9. If you say, You sound like a broken record, chances are they wont understand you.
10. This sound has no meaning:
11. Theyve been alive for 47 albums of Now Thats What I Call Music!
12. The Backstreet Boys and NSYNC have been bands longer than theyve been alive.
13. And theres no way they understand this reference:
14. They dont understand where the shutter sound your phone makes when it takes a picture comes from.
15. They have always had to accept Crocs as reality.
16. Theyve never experienced the crippling fear that comes with picking a top 8:
17. Theyve never had the crushing realization that their disposable camera pictures didnt come out well.
18. They live in a world where they can hear Blink-182 on a classic rock station.
19. This building has no meaning to them:
20. The song Waterfalls by TLC is older than they are.
21. So is the song All Star by Smash Mouth, for better or worse.
22. They live in a post-Sisqó world.
23. They were born the same year the Playstation 2 and Gameboy Advance came out.
24. THEYRE THE CLASS OF 2018.
25. And some of them were born the same year the first Apple stores opened.
26. You can say with 100% confidence that you have MP3s older than they are.
27. One of those MP3s could be Baby One More Time.
28. Theyll never know the LIE that was anti-skip technology on a CD player.
29. This storefront doesnt remind them of anything:
30. None of these names mean anything to them:
Ja Rule
Ashanti
Ryan Cabrera
Ashlee Simpson
Jesse McCartney
Verne Troyer
Wilmer Valderrama
Chad Michael Murray
Kevin Federline
Mischa Barton
The Dell Dude
Tom Green
Nick Lachey
Beans
Carson Daly
Moby
Terri Schiavo
William Hung
31. Theyve never lived in a world with Squeeze-Its, Surge, Orbitz, Magic Middles Tan M&Ms, or these bad boys:
32. Theyve always had GPS and have never had to look up directions and print them out.
33. Roll down your window has no meaning.
34. Neither does dont touch that dial.
35. Theyve never had a late-night AIM chat interrupted by someone yelling get off the internet, I need to use the phone!
36. Theyve never had to untangle a phone cord, straighten an antenna for TV reception, and they probably have no clue whats happening in this picture:
37. The WWE was never the WWF.
38. They can measure how old they are by saying theyre about four Shrek movies old.
39. Or by saying theyre about the same age as this episode:
40. They have always been forced to accept the harsh reality of the Black Eyed Peas.
41. THEYRE. THE. CLASS. OF. 2018.
42. Wardrobe malfunction doesnt mean anything.
43. Clay Aiken is just some dude running for Congress.
44. If you asked what brings the boys to the yard, theyd have no idea how to answer that question.
45. Paris Hilton was never popular.
46. They were never forced to look at frosted tips everywhere they went.
47. Leonardo DiCaprio has never been the guy in this picture:
48. They have only been alive for three Harry Potter books.
49. Darrins Dance Grooves holds no meaning.
50. Beanie Babies were never seen as a gold mine to them.
51. Theyve never had the struggle of picking between Kazaa and Limewire.
52. And chances are they have never burned a CD.
53. The Spice Girls are just some middle-aged British women.
54. Theyve never experienced the frustration of trying to record your favorite songs from the radio to a tape, only to have the DJ start talking and ruin everything.
55. Theyve never heard the wise words of Mr. Feeny.
56. Joseph Gordon-Levitt was never this little dude:
57. Theyre as old as Monsters Inc, Osmosis Jones, The Emperors New Groove, Jimmy Neutron, and Spy Kids.
58. Oh, yeah, and theyre THE CLASS OF TWENTY EIGHTEEN. 2018. THE DAMN FUTURE.
