Post by goods on Jan 15, 2008 10:58:03 GMT -5
School 1967 vs. School 2007
Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls
into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.
1967 - 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, and
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.
1967 - 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
eve n though Johnny started it.
Scenario: Jeffrey won't sit still in class, disrupts
other students.
1967 - 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.
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 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.
1967 - Mark shares Aspirin with the school principal out
on the smoking dock.
2007 - Police are called and M ark is expelled from
School for drug violations. His car is searched for drugs and weapons.
Scenario: Pedro fails high-school English.
1967 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, and
goes to college.
2007 - Pedro's cause is taken up by local human rights
gr oup. 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.
1967 - 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.
1967 - 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 a federal prison. Johnny
undergoes five years of therapy.
Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls
into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.
1967 - 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, and
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.
1967 - 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
eve n though Johnny started it.
Scenario: Jeffrey won't sit still in class, disrupts
other students.
1967 - 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.
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 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.
1967 - Mark shares Aspirin with the school principal out
on the smoking dock.
2007 - Police are called and M ark is expelled from
School for drug violations. His car is searched for drugs and weapons.
Scenario: Pedro fails high-school English.
1967 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, and
goes to college.
2007 - Pedro's cause is taken up by local human rights
gr oup. 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.
1967 - 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.
1967 - 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 a federal prison. Johnny
undergoes five years of therapy.