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School -- 1958 vs. 2008



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Tue Feb 10, 2009 4:28 pm
Dynamo says...



My mom sent me this in an email and I thought it was interesting. This was probably written as a joke, but you'd be surprised at how much this stuff actually happens in real life.

Scenario:
Jack goes quail hunting before school,
pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.
1958 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun,
goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2008 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail
and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselor called in
for traumatized students and teachers.

Scenario:
Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.
1958 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins.
Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2008 - 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.
1958 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the Principal.
Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2008 - 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.
1958 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal,
goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.
2008 - 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.
1958 - Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.
2008 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations.
Car searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario:
Pedro fails high school English.
1958 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English and goes to college.
2008 - 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 paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.
1958 - Ants die.
2008- 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.
1958 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2008 - 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.
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Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:34 am
MeadowLark says...



Well, fake or not, those are so totally true! Society today is just plain stupid! I shall not say no more in case of offending somebody.
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Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:24 pm
Dynamo says...



I even heard once that in Australia they changed Santa's "ho ho ho" to "ha ha ha" because they say it insinuates female prostitutes.
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Thu Feb 12, 2009 4:19 pm
Incognito says...



The world today is whack. Everything we do know is overplayed and people tend to overreact. Yah, that 'ho ho ho' actually was turned into 'ha ha ha'. I'm not sure if it was Australia or not. Everything is being to heavily taken these days. I was surprised with the scenario with the boy scraping his knee, there was no comment on the over reactions on Hepititas B chances.

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Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:27 pm
POTAFan1973 says...



I agree today's society is wack. Also there's this mall not far from where I live where Santa doesn't say 'Ho Ho Ho' he says 'Ha Ha Ha'. In my opinion 'Ha Ha Ha' is more offensive than 'Ho Ho Ho'.

Example, kid with face deformity, or really kind of mental or physical problem,comes up to see Santa. Mom and/or dad is with the kid. Parent hears Santa say 'Ha Ha Ha' to their child. Santa's either going to have a black eye or a lawsuit for slaming the kid's phyical or mental state.
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Fri Feb 13, 2009 7:36 am
LilyJamey says...



My brother was asking for advice from my dad to run the scout troop. According to my dad:

Back then:
We have a camp at a valley. We inform the teacher.
After the camp is over, we have another camp the next week.

Now:
We want to have a camp. We ask our teacher advisor, and she asks for permission from the Head of Co-curriculur Activities, who writes to the Department of Education in State. Our secretary writes a letter to the District Commissioner and police force and sends a copy to the school and the Department. We receive a letter of approval from everyone involved. We send letters to the parents to inform them of the camp and ask for their permission to let their kids go, as well as to ask if they have sicknesses of any sort and any required pills. We collect the permission forms and money from the participants and place them in a file entitled "Documents of Camp". All this, of course, after the Camp's Board Member Meetings, where we decide where to stay and eat and everything.
We give out lists of required objects and tell them all the details. It's held in school; everybody sleeps in the classrooms. Food is provided in the canteen. When it rains, morning exercises are canceled.
One person accidentally cuts his finger during a punishment (push-ups, don't ask me how) and complains to the school after the camp is over. The teacher advisor is scolded by the Head of Co-cu. Activities, who then bans the Scouts from any more activities involving push-ups. We are required to apologise to the person and refrain from punishing him.
We do many reports on what went wrong.
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Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:00 pm
smaur says...



This is ... painfully extreme and overly simplistic.
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Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:48 pm
Lauren says...



^^ Agreed.

In any case, my school must be stuck in some bizarre time-warp. The teachers just let us get on with things, keep everything "In The School" like an educational mafia. There are 'fistfights' almost every lunchtime and half the school forms a jeering crowd to watch. They love a bit of high-brow entertainment! And the teachers... there's no counselling/crying on shoulders at my school. They sit meekly in the corners at their laptops whilst a war of insults and paperball missiles ensues.

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Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:00 am
asxz says...



LOL! I think that the 2008 ones were a little over the top, but i kinda think it'll be true. Maybe it just wont happen in NZ though..
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Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:28 am
Moody says...



Unfortunately that's sort of accurate. Everything is taken so seriously now. :/
  








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