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School 1957 vs. School 2007

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JeepChick

Are we progressing or falling behind?



Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.

1957 - Vice principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his own shotgun to show Jack.

2007 - School goes into lockdown, the FBI is called, Jack is hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors are called in to assist 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 are called, SWAT team arrives and arrests Johnny and Mark. They are charged with assault and both are expelled even though Johnny started it.

Scenario: Jeffrey won't sit still in class, disrupts other students.

1957 - Jeffrey is sent to the principal's office and given a good paddling. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.

2007 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra state funding because Jeffrey has a disability.

Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbor'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 is 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 an affair with the psychologist.

Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some Aspirin to school.

1957 - Mark shares Aspirin with the school principal out on the smoking dock.

2007 - Police are called and Mark is expelled from School for drug violations. His car is 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 local human rights group.
Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that making English a requirement for graduation is racist. US Civil Liberties Association files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English is banned from core curriculum. Pedro is given his diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.

Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover Independence Day firecrackers, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up an anthill.

1957 - Ants die.

2007 - Homeland Security and the FBI are called and Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. Teams investigate parents, siblings are removed from the home, computers are confiscated, and Johnny's dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

Scenario: Johnny falls during recess and scrapes his knee. His teacher, Mary, finds him crying, and gives him a hug to comfort him.

1957 - Johnny soon feels better and goes back to playing.

2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job.
She faces three years in federal prison. Johnny undergoes five years of therapy.

Comments (16)

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CRASHFIRE·
So true!
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DarthClem·
I would say that's about 80%-90% accurate.
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CapnHun·
Funny if a little over-exaggerated. Sobering that it is only a little bit. \r \r I read the last one about the cop saying if he expected trouble he would have brought the shot gun. Reminds me of a story in my family that fits in with your last two blogs. One of my great aunts (everyone is from Texas in my family, it is my hippie parents who rebelled and moved North. ;)) who had a niece who was described as a 'little slow' mentally got together with this guy who was abusive towards her. My aunt got a call one day that her niece was being abused. So she calls the sheriff and tells him he better get his butt down to my niece's house cause she is grabbing her shotgun and going over there right now (this is probably like 1937 or 47). Amazingly, she didn't even get arrested for it!
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SoupNazzi·
Yeah... a couple are over the top, but not by much.\r \r +1 in any case, cause most of them are spot on.
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dkhodz·
Good read. Your blog title banner scared me when I opened your blog, though!
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MTK005·
Scenario: Overrated situation and over simplified circumstances presented to look like actual facts.\r \r 1957: there were no blogs\r \r 2007: I disagree with most, if not all of the above, based on my experiences as a child of a two teachers, with a step-dad who was a middle and high school principle.\r \r You're entirely entitled to your opinion and I'm probably taking this too seriously, but most of these were very glib and over-simplifying the work and hard decisions that are made in a very challenging environment. Just my $0.02. I guess it's easier to oversimplify and poke fun than to examine and understand.
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CapnHun·
Actually the fight thing now goes over something like this. Johnny and Mark are smart enough to arrange their fist fight somewhere off school grounds. All the other kids find out via their cell phones. Bets are placed. Liberals make a big deal about the 'tragedy' of arranged fights on PBS and the internet in an attempt to find some way to make yet another govt. program to stop it (and get some more of our dough to spend). Ya know I love ya MTK and we realize there are exceptions (and kids don't go quail hunting anymore) but it doesn't resonate with people because it is over-simplified; it resonates because there is a lot of truth in it.
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dos·
Very entertaining. I think MOST of us know that this was not scientific research. +1. I want to see fashion comparisons. That would be sobering.
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JeepChick·
I didn't write it, my dad sent it to me, it's an email thing.\r \r And yes, most are over the top, but I think the bigger picture is presented rather well.
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cerialthriller·
#1 kinda happened in my highschool. Kid when hunting before school, and he even took his gun and everything home. He realized later he had 2 empty shells in his pocket and went up and threw them in the trash can, teacher saw them, he was arrested, SWAT was called in, he was expelled. Charges were later dropped after they realized he really was hunting and that 2 other students had gone with him and his father that morning. His expulsion was reduced to a 20 day suspension. Also after this, the school was locked down from 9am until 6:30 pm, we had to sit in the same classroom all this time, with police escorts if we had to use the bathroom. They seriously had to call the office and have an officer come to the class to escort me to take a piss. And this was in 1999.
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RIGHT_WINGAMER·
HAHA nice. Not to far over the top either.
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bunsen27·
I feel the point ressonates very well.....the world has changed dramatically in the last 30+ years; especially post 9/11. It's a sad commentary on how our society has \"progressed\".
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Caput_Mortis·
Sad but True
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abrady·
Nice find
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steeldeadman·
So True! I love reading you Blogs.
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pyro13g·
The truth that rings is SCARY!