More truth than you may think.....................
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HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
SCHOOL 1967 vs. 2007
Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls
into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.
1967 - Vice
principal comes over to look at Jack's shotgun. He goes to his car and gets
his shotgun to show Jack.
2007 - School goes into lock down, and FBI is
called. Jack is hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again.
Counselors called in for traumatized students and
teachers.
Scenario: Johnny and Mark get
into a fistfight after school.
1967 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake
hands and end up best friends. Nobody goes to jail; nobody is arrested; nobody
is expelled.
2007 - Police called. SWAT team arrives. Johnny and Mark
are arrested and charged with assault. Both are expelled even though Johnny
started it.
Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still
in class, disrupts other students.
1967 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling
by the principal. He returns to class, sits still, and does not disrupt class
again.
2007 - Jeffrey is diagnosed with ADD and given huge doses of
ritalin. Becomes a zombie. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey
has a learning disability.
Scenario: Billy breaks a window
in his neighbor's car and his dad gives him a whipping with his
belt.
1967 - 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 is placed in 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.
1967 - Mark shares aspirin with principal out on the
smoking dock.
2007 - Police called. Mark is expelled from school for
drug violations. Car is searched for drugs and weapons.
Scenario: Pedro fails high
school English.
1967 - 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
is given a 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 paint bottle, and blows up a
red ant bed.
1967 - Ants die.
2007 - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms, Homeland Security, and FBI called. Johnny is charged with
domestic terrorism. The FBI investigates parents; siblings are 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, Heather. Heather hugs him to comfort him.
1967 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on
playing.
2007 - Heather is accused of being a sexual predator and loses
her job. She faces three years in state prison. Johnny undergoes five years of
therapy.
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