Now vs. Then

[blaque]

SCHOOL -- 1957 vs. 2007

 

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 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.

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.

[BillM]

hahahahaha!!!!!

[Stoty]

HAHAHAHA

 

Yet sad at the same time, because everything is true.

[keram]

 

We can only imagine 2057

[JFR]

Very funny, but so true.

 

Grew up during that time frame and I'm quite familiar with what took place then. I think I turned out normal

 

John

[blaque]

HAHAHAHA

 

Yet sad at the same time, because everything is true.

 

BINGO!

[blaque]

 

We can only imagine 2057

 

End of the world is Dec. 21st 2012 so we wont have to worry about that lol

[young_one]

lol

[fishindevil]

Well you hit the nail right on the head there bud !!!!!...so true man so true...LOL..LOL..LOL.

[fishermccann]

Unless your a child getting more than a belt on the bum. Some people do not know when to draw the line , how far is too far?

[Clampet]

Sad too, in the sense that it would have been a better time to be in your early twenties back then (50's 60's).

Oh sure, technology is more advanced, we drive fancier cars, etc, but the quality of day to day living has really, IMHO, deteriorated immensely.

[DanTheMan]

Now thats funny !! But true

[holdfast]

Maybe funny but so true.

 

-Got the strap in school, no problem, felt like an outcast for a few days but learned my lesson. Fought after school instead of during after that

-Got beat up by more than one Frenchman when I was a kid. Cried to Pops but gave me a whack and told me Id get it worse if I came home crying again. Too easy, stood up for myself after that.

- Tried to score many times by making the first attempt, sometimes it worked. Wouldn't think of doing it again if I was a teenager again, with all the Harassment issues.

- Told my kid I would spank her Bum if she didnt behave, while in line at the checkout. About a dozen women looked at me with an evil look.

- Watched a father get carted away and questioned by the Police as a Predator, when all he was doing was sitting in his Van waiting for his kid who was late. I witnessed a Mother calling police. After that avoided as much as possible picking up my kids without my wife with me.

-Played football and British Bulldog during recess, and never cried when I got thumped. Had students that came up to me and asked me. Warrant should I go to the Base hospital because of this lump or bruise on my leg. Looked at the young man and asked him if he ever had a fight or played sports. No just video games.

- Now we have students with hidden tape recorders, and a notebook taking notes in order to cry harassment every time they feel like they've been done wrong. OH and its always the INSTRUCTORS FAULT

[Clampet]

Maybe funny but so true.

 

-Got the strap in school, no problem, felt like an outcast for a few days but learned my lesson. Fought after school instead of during after that

-Got beat up by more than one Frenchman when I was a kid. Cried to Pops but gave me a whack and told me Id get it worse if I came home crying again. Too easy, stood up for myself after that.

- Tried to score many times by making the first attempt, sometimes it worked. Wouldn't think of doing it again if I was a teenager again, with all the Harassment issues.

- Told my kid I would spank her Bum if she didnt behave, while in line at the checkout. About a dozen women looked at me with an evil look.

- Watched a father get carted away and questioned by the Police as a Predator, when all he was doing was sitting in his Van waiting for his kid who was late. I witnessed a Mother calling police. After that avoided as much as possible picking up my kids without my wife with me.

-Played football and British Bulldog during recess, and never cried when I got thumped. Had students that came up to me and asked me. Warrant should I go to the Base hospital because of this lump or bruise on my leg. Looked at the young man and asked him if he ever had a fight or played sports. No just video games.

- Now we have students with hidden tape recorders, and a notebook taking notes in order to cry harassment every time they feel like they've been done wrong. OH and its always the INSTRUCTORS FAULT

 

Sounds like yer a tough son-of-a-gun.

Your dad cared about your survival, and was trying to prepare you for the world, the best way he could.