Hotmail Accounts

Last year I spent a lot of time with twentysomethings. The average age of my program was 26, so I had the chance to see what that generation was all about.

What did I learn?

That they don't use hotmail. I use hotmail, but they don't. They all thought it was hilarious I'm a hotmailer because it's so antiquated, because only old people use it. Gmail and yahoo for the young, hotmail for the old.

But this year I realized hotmail isn't only for the old, it's also for the poor. A lot of my inner-city, low-income urban students have hotmail accounts too.

So, the next time a twentysomething wants to make fun of me for using hotmail, I'll also inform them that, apparently, they like to mock poor minorities too. See how funny that seems, you elitists young'uns.