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isn't funny!!!!
SCHOOL -- 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:
Johnny and Mark
get into a fistfight after school.
1957
- Crowd
gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2007 - 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.
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 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 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.
1957
- Mark
shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.
2007 - Police called, Mark expelled
from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.
Scenario:
Pedro fails
high school
English.
1957
- 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 fil es 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.
1957
- Ants die.
2007- 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.
1957
- In a short time,
Johnny 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. Johnny
undergoes 5 years of therapy.
