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Funny but true...

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, 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.
>
> 1967 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best
> friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.
>
> 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.
>
> 1967 - 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.
>
> 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 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.
>
> 1967 - 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.
>
> 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 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.
>
> 1967 - Ants die.
>
> 2007 - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Homeland Security and 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, 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 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy