Class of 2013
2013
Price of a Gallon of Gas: $3.53
Average In-State CA College Tuition: $5,472
Price of a Big Mac: $4.20
What was new in innovation, culture and education?
The Human Genome Project is completed - scientists from around the world successfully finished sequencing about 99% of the human genome. First 3D printing pen.
The Occupy Wall Street movement took place. Lance Armstrong admitted to doping in all of his Tour de France wins during his cycling career in an interview with Oprah Winfrey.
A new statewide assessment system, aligned to the new standards, to replace the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) system and eliminate the California Standards Tests (CSTs) that had been in use since 1997.