Thread: 1957 vs 2007

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SCHOOL -- 1957 vs. 2007

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 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. Counselors 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 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 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 pain t bottle, 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.

This is freakin hilarious! But very sad at the same time.

Actually, I didn't get this email. Thanks for sharing, it's so true, and so sad. What has happened?

Don't you feel like it's only going to get worse before it gets better? Jeez, if it ever does get better....Society is on a downward spiral, people seem to be getting crazier every year, you can feel it just by running your daily errands in town and watching strangers' behaviors--Lord knows the media loves to capitalize on this shift by presenting us with killing after killing in the news, too. Can't trust anybody, can't say anything for fear it isn't pc...it's said that history repeats itself, and I wish we could have the good 'ole days back!

Funny in a sad way, but so true!!

Ah yes we have alowed the few to create a word of fear and loathing for all

I was 10 years old in 1957, and that's exactly how it was! It is so sad when we stop to think what turns society and laws have taken.

The world has definitely gone crazy with all the PCness, . and over reacting to everthing. I think the media feeds on peoples fears, and creates problems where none existed before, or takes small incidents and make them big news frenzy's. Apparently something is wrong in the way children are being raised, you never used to hear of kids going to schools with guns shooting up the place. Apparently the not spanking, by parents or teachers, no hugging because it will be misconstrued, isn't working. We definitely need to get back to basics!