HIGH SCHOOL --1959 vs. 2009


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.
1959 -Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2009 -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 2:
Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
1959 -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 be still in class, he disrupts other students.
1959 -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.
1959 -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.
1959- 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.
1959- 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.
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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..
1959 - 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:
Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1959 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2009 - 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.

 

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Bring back the 1950's without the racism and homophobia

 

We have to take the good with the bad, I guess...

 

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I blame the down fall of the family.

 

"That nasty old pendulum keeps on swinging."

A lot of cliche's come to mind:

"Who reforms the reformer"

"Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease"

"The law of unintended consequences rises again"

 

Couldn't agree with you more catrina604!

 

For me the traditional family is ideal.

 

What happened to the "family"? Was it materialism? Was it a decline in individual responsibility? Was it Roe v Wade? Was it "no-fault" thinking? Was is the ACLU's "political correctness" push? Was it "conservative" thinking? Was it "liberal" thinking? Was it "me" thnking?

 

All of the above and more.

A local parent told me that he treated his children(2 and 4 years old) as "small adults", whoever thought of that concept was misguided.

I do have some hope for the next generation.....................

 

How the world as changed, everything must be child safe with no risks involved.

 

This 'traditional family' that everyone keeps harping on about never existed. Not in reality, anyway. People are waxing nostalgic about a fantasy as if it were something that was actually achieved.

-S-

 

Of course it existed....on 'Leave it to Beaver'. Now, if you'll excuse me, I seem to have misplaced my string of pearls.

 

I can whip up a fresh one for you, just lend me that mouth of yours.

-S-

 

My mother and I were talking about this the other day...that when she was growing up, kids rode bicycles without helmets and rode in cars without child seats and seat belts. But despite her nostalgia, neither she nor I want to go back to those halcyon days.

 

Oh, you nasty boy, what would Ward say? I'll barely have enough time to get cleaned up and fix him a martini before he walks in the door!

 

If one were so inclined, one could probably dig up how many children died or suffered brain damage because of no head protection. Same goes with the car seats and seat belts.

-S-

 

I'll take the front and he can take the back. We'll call over Mrs. Haskill if you need a little help 'in the kitchen', as it were.

-S-

 

Mmmmm, Ward just LOVES jamming his big dick into my uptight little ass after a hard day at the office! Who says I need help?

 

Maybe not for you, but it sure did for a bunch of other people. The myth that it was a myth is a defense for those who fucked up by destroying it.

 

Yep, kids took risks with riding their bikes, risks riding with Mom and Dad at 35 mph. Today that has been fixed. Now they take risks with drugs, STD's, inattention to educations. Yep it sure is better today, fried brains rather than scrambled.