Isn't too far from the truth!
SCHOOL 1957 vs. 2007
[FONT=Verdana,sans-serif]Scenario[/FONT][FONT=Verdana,sans-serif]: [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,sans-serif] [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,sans-serif]Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.[/FONT][FONT=Verdana,sans-serif]
[/FONT]1957 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2007 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counsellors called in for traumatized students and teachers.
Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.
1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2007 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.
Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.
1957 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2007 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.
Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbour's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
1957 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.
2007 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has affair with psychologist.
Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
1957 - Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.
2007 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.
Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.
1957 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.
2007 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.
Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane, blows up a red ant bed.
1957 - Ants die.
2007 - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.
Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1957 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy[FONT=Verdana,sans-serif].[/FONT]
kathydwellskathydwellsDarlene is my middle name, not my nicknameLacey's Spring, Alabama13,303 postsJoined View profileMessageDarlene is my middle name, not my nickname
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sunspotbabysunspotbabySoWal InsiderSanta Rosa Beach5,000 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal Insider
sunspotbabySoWal InsiderSanta Rosa Beach5,000 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal InsiderHilarious, Sad.....unfortunately True. :bang:
ASHASHBeach FanaticRoosevelt, MN2,153 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
ASHBeach FanaticRoosevelt, MN2,153 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach FanaticYou deserve rep for that one. I couldn't.
Too true. Too sad.
Too true. Too sad.
NoHallNoHallhmmmm......can't rememberNorthern Hall County, GA9,032 postsJoined View profileMessagehmmmm......can't remember
NoHallhmmmm......can't rememberNorthern Hall County, GA9,032 postsJoined View profileMessagehmmmm......can't rememberI'm horrified. Johnny blew up an ant bed, and PETA wasn't even involved? Thousands of tiny lives were destroyed...
ASHASHBeach FanaticRoosevelt, MN2,153 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
ASHBeach FanaticRoosevelt, MN2,153 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach FanaticI can almost hear all of their tiny screams. :rolling:
BobBobSoWal InsiderO'Wal10,368 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal Insider
BobSoWal InsiderO'Wal10,368 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal InsiderI think I did at least half of that stuff
bluecatbluecatBeach Fanatickentucky399 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
Brings back some memories, had a bus driver who pulled off the road once let two boys get off to fight ,they fought, got back on the bus, we went on our way home.
EmEmBeach FanaticWalton Co.1,506 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
EmBeach FanaticWalton Co.1,506 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach FanaticYou don't have to go back to 1957 to get that. We had the same scenarios in 1987.
WaterbaddrinkwineWaterbaddrinkwineBeach LoverPoint Washington112 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Lover
WaterbaddrinkwineBeach LoverPoint Washington112 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach LoverYes and not to show my age but it was that way in the 60s and 70s too! Let the government go broke, fire them all and start fresh locally!
mputnalmputnalBeach Fanatic2,396 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
Yes and not to show my age but it was that way in the 60s and 70s too! Let the government go broke, fire them all and start fresh locally!
I agree with you. Born in 1957 and can relate to those scenario's.
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