School Days: 1957 vs. 2007

"School Days: 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 : Gary and Mark get into a fist fight after school.

1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Gary and Mark
shake hands and end up buddies.

2007 - Police called. SWAT team arrives, arrests
Gary and Mark. Charges them with assault. Both
expelled even though Gary 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 apologizes to the neighbor and take
a summer job to pay for the window. He also never
breaks any windows, car or otherwise, again.

2007 - Police called, Dad is arrested for child abuse.
Mother divorces Dad. Billy undergoes years of therapy.

Scenario : Harry gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school .

1957 - Harry shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.

2007 - Police called, Harry expelled from school for
drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario : Jose fails high school English.

1957 - Jose goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.

2007 - Jose'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 Jose's English teacher. English banned from core
curriculum. Jose given diploma anyway but ends up
mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.

Scenario : Richie takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July,
puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.

1957 - Ants die.

2007 - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Richie
charged with domestic terrorism. FBI investigates
parents. Siblings removed from home, computers
confiscated. Richie's Dad goes on a terror watch list
and is never allowed to fly again.

Scenario : Bobbie 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, Bobbie 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.
Bobbie undergoes 5 years of therapy.
Received on Sat Feb 16 06:29:32 2008