OT: SCHOOL 1967 vs. 2007

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SCHOOL 1967 vs. 2007

 

 

Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking

lot with shotgun in gun rack.

 

1967 - Vice principal comes over to look at Jack's shotgun. He goes to his

car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.

2007 - School goes into lock down, and FBI is called. Jack is hauled off to

jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for

traumatized students and teachers.

 

 

Scenario: Johnny and M! ark get into a fistfight after school.

 

1967 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best

friends.

2007 - Police called. SWAT team arrives. Johnny and Mark are arrested and

charged with assault. Both are expelled even though Johnny started it.

 

 

Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.

 

1967 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the principal. He

returns to class, sits still, and does not disrupt class again.

2007 - Jeffrey is diagnosed with ADD and given huge doses of ritalin.

Becomes a zombie. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a

learning

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 placed in 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.

 

1967 - Mark shares aspirin with principal out on the smoking dock.

2007 - Police called. Mark is expelled from school for drug violations. Car

is searched for drugs and weapons.

 

 

Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.

 

1967 - 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 is given a 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, and blows up a red ant bed.

 

1967 - Ants die.

2007 - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Homeland Security, and FBI

called. Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. The FBI investigates

parents; siblings are 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, Heather. Heather hugs him to comfort him.

 

1967 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

2007 - Heather is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She

faces three years in state prison. Johnny undergoes five years of therapy.

 

 

Go figure