Then & Now

[OutdoorWriter]

HIGH SCHOOL -- 1957 vs. 2009-Things have changed. Some scenarios overblown but makes a point.

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Scenario 1:

Jack goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking
lot with his shotgun in his truck's gun rack.

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


2009 - School goes into lockdown, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and
never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students
and teachers.


Scenario 2:

Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.

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


2009 - Police called and SWAT team arrives -- they arrest both Johnny and
Mark. They are both charged with assault and both expelled even though Johnny
started it.


Scenario 3:

Jeffrey will not sit still in class, he disrupts other students.

1957 - Jeffrey sent to the Principal's office and given a good paddling by the
Principal. He then returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class
again.

2009 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. He becomes a zombie. He is then
tested for ADD. The school gets extra money from the state because Jeffrey has a
disability.


Scenario 4:

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.

2009 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is removed to foster
care and joins a gang. The state psychologist is told by 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 5:


Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.

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


2009 - The police are called and Mark is expelled from school for drug
violations. His car is then searched for drugs and weapons.



Scenario 6:

Pedro fails high school English.


1957 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English and goes to college.


2009 - 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 the state school system and
Pedro's English teacher.. English is then banned from core curriculum. Pedro is
given his diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot
speak English.



Scenario 7:

Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the Fourth of July, puts them in
a model airplane paint bottle and blows up a red ant bed.

1957 - Ants die.


2009 - ATF, Homeland Security and the FBI are all called. Johnny is charged
with domestic terrorism. The FBI investigates his parents -- and all siblings
are removed from their home and all computers are confiscated.
Johnny's dad is placed on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly
again.



Scenario 8:

Wally falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found
crying by his teacher, Nancy. Nancy hugs him to comfort him.


1957 - In a short time, Wally feels better and goes on playing.


2009 - Nancy is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She
faces 3 years in State Prison... Wally undergoes 5 years of therapy.


TONY MANDILE

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[never_catch]

Little Johnny sleeps with his sexy cougar English teacher.

1957 - Little Johnny brags to all his friends and they worship him for it.

2009 - Little Johnny keeps his mouth shut knowing he can use this to his advantage in time.

2011 - Little Johnny files rape charges against the cougar and uses the money for hookers and blow.

~Z~

 

[beavis14]

yes it is sad. a couple weekends ago i watched my brothers 7 year old hellion. my soon to be nephew. brothers getting married in a couple months. i let the boy play my ps3 he got frustrated and threw my controller. i told him play time is over. took the controller away and turned off the game, and told him he had better shape up or i will take him to his grandmothers house........he went outside , a minute later his mom calls me and chews me out because i " disciplened " her boy. i asked how she even found out about that. the boy has a cell phone !. he came in and turned the game on. i told him i don't cave in to your mommy this is my house. he started to cry. then grabbed his cell phone and was going to call health and welfare because i was making him cry. well , he was taken to the restaurant my brother and soon to be sister in law were dining at and was left with them. i will never watch that kid again. i was wishing for 1957 !!

 

[Bow6x6]

Sounds like that kid needs to stay at your house often.

Brad

 

[kingfish]

NICELY DONE BEAVIS!!! It's really sad the way the world has changed.

My kid jokenly told me one time he was going to call CPS. I said you can call them as soon as you wake up!!!!

 

[eldorado]

I prefer the old series with Jack Lord and James MacArthur hands down.

 

[feddoc]

LAST EDITED ON Mar-04-11 AT 10:55AM (MST)[p]Same thing happened at my HS. Every kid who had a pickup had a gun or two in the rifle rack. Nothing every happened. We even had guns brought in for show and tell. I remember one kid in my class brought in a submachine gun of his dad's, a WWII trophy. He pulled the handle back to show how it operated and screwed up...part of his pinky was in the wrong spot and when he let go of the handle, part of his pinky got cut off. This is the same kid who stuck crayons up his nose in second grade and broke them off.

Fights...we might have had 10 during my time there. I was involved with one of them. Some kid was messing with me, then threw a basketball at me and bloodied my nose. So, I slugged him then held him down on the gym floor trying to convince him to leave me alone. We got caught and sent to the office for a paddling. End of story.

Sex with teacher...nope.

Snowball fights, with the teachers.

Sick kids...My parents had gone to town, so, one day when I got really sick, one of my teachers took me to the neighbors house to recover. Same teacher took a buddy directly from school to the hospital when he broke his finger playing baseball. BTW, I still call that teacher Mr. White.

Firecrackers..yup, but if you got caught, they got confiscated then returned at the end of the day.

Sad to see things change so much.

Compromise, hell! ... If freedom is right and tyranny is wrong, why should those who believe in freedom treat it as if it were a roll of bologna to be bartered a slice at a time?

 

[gb22]

Ain't it the truth!

My school performed the play "Calamity Jane". Of course, everyone was in costume which included 6-guns and holsters. We used to hold quick-draw competitions (with blanks) in the lunch room. Mr. Urie, the band teacher and lead in the play, beat me for the "fastest gun" title.

There were lots of shotguns in the parking lot....always thought Doug Werner was crazy because he never rolled his windows up. I thought someone would steal his gun....never did.


Within the shadows, go quietly.