SCHOOL 1967 vs. 2007

[The70RT]

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>              SCHOOL 1967 vs. 2007
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>              Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls
>into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.
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>           1967 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun,
>goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
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>           2007 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled
>off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in
>for traumatized students and teachers.
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>     Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.
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>     1967 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and
>end up best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody
>expelled.
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>     2007 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark.
>Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.
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>     Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other
>students.
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>     1967 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the
>Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class
>again.
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>     2007 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie.
>Tested for ADD. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has
>a disability.
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>     Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad
>gives him a whipping with his belt.
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>     1967 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to
>college, and becomes a successful businessman.
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>     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.
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>     Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
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>     1967 - Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.
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>     2007 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug
>violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.
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>     Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.
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>     1967 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to
>college.
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>     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.
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>     Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of
>July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant
>bed.
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>     1967 - Ants die.
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>     2007 - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Homeland Security
>and 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.
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>     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.
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>     1967 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
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>     2007 - Heather is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her
>job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of
>therapy.
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[terrible one]

Aghh so true. I wish I grew up in the 60's and 70's.

[70charger_boy]

Aghh so true. I wish I grew up in the 60's and 70's.

  In 1975, when I was 3 years old my mother would leave me home alone in my playpen for a half an hour until my father came home from work.  I went on to college and started a flight school and became a pilot.

              2007 My mother would be arrested, my father would be detained by Homeland security and somehow be tied to Osama Bin Laden.  I would be Adopted by a child molester and grow up to be a heroin junkie.

[dkn1997]

When I was 12, my 16 year old brother was driving with his junior licence  (circa 1981)  a kid my age rode his bike out in the road from between 2 parked cars and my brother nailed him. no biggie, just a sprianed ankle.

the kids' were at the accident scene right after and my brother was very upset and felt very guilty.  they called him later that night to see if he was ok.  Today?  my brother would still be paying to support this kids xbox/couch/fastfood/no work habit. 

[Timm]

A lot of things have changed.

[charger_mike75]

nailed that one on the head. 

[Musicman]

Well, back in the 60's we did bring our guns to school... Buy, Sell, Trade... In fact, sometimes it was required because NRA Hunter Safety was taught at the school. I got my NRA card in 1969... Yes my friends, times have changed.