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<DIV>Frank,</DIV>
<DIV><BR>You wonder how your students have become so much younger than you all of a sudden? :-)My students are about TWO decades younger than me and I am finding the same thing that you are finding. This semester I have five sections of students- about 125 students. In an informal poll last month I discovered that only about 1% know anything about usenets, discussion lists, etc. </DIV>
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<DIV>As you can see from the sig file, I am from the States. Most of my students are not internationals. What do you think is the reason for their lack of Internet savvy? </DIV>
<DIV>I am perplexed.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 face="WP MultinationalA Helve" size=3 PTSIZE="12"><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="GoudyOlSt BT" color=#000000 size=3 PTSIZE="12" FAMILY="SERIF"><B>Stephanie Bennett</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></B><BR>Department of Liberal Arts<BR>Division of Humanities--Parker 380<BR>Nova Southeastern University<BR>3301 College Avenue<BR>Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33314<BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000 size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000 size=3 PTSIZE="12" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use."<BR><BR>Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) </FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000 size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000 size=3 PTSIZE="12" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>