School 1958 vs now

[DvT]UY · 06-01-2008, 09:33 AM

Probably already posted here before but worth another glance...

SCHOOL -- 1958 vs. 2008

Scenario:
Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.
1958
- Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2008
- 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.
1958
- Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2008 - 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.
1958
- Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2008 - 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.
1958 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.
2008 - 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.
1958 - Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.
2008 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario:
Pedro fails high school English.
1958 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.
2008 - 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.
1958 - Ants die.
2008- 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.
1958 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2008 - 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.

{OF}G_Man · 06-01-2008, 10:07 AM

Truly Scary....and we used to worry about the "communists", domino theory, etc. ruining our country and taking away our freedoms..

Wildflower · 06-01-2008, 10:28 AM

Naw, its our own government taking away our freedom.

{OF}BadDaWg · 06-01-2008, 10:31 AM

Ahhhh, what a year 1958 was.....
EVERYONE born in that particular year are just the most fantastic people you ever want to meet!!
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{OF}Blong · 06-01-2008, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by {OF}BadDaWg

Ahhhh, what a year 1958 was.....
EVERYONE born in that particular year are just the most fantastic people you ever want to meet!!
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lol and I was born 21 years later.

{OF}Flying_Dutchman · 06-01-2008, 05:07 PM

Yes 1958 was a great year.

Just like 1966

{OF}Turf · 06-01-2008, 08:06 PM

good ol' steve, reminiscing about a past that never was

[DvT]UY · 06-01-2008, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by {OF}Turf

good ol' steve, reminiscing about a past that never was

lol, I remember it well. I feel very blessed to be able to.

Long live "Horny toads!!"

{OF}G_Man · 06-02-2008, 06:29 AM

Every young boy had a pocket knife with him in school every day.

Even hunting knives were allowed during hunting season as long as they were holstered in a sheath.

The only knives that got confiscated were switch blades, and you weren't expelled for having one, you just had it taken away.

I remember in high school ( 1960/61 one of the students in english class brought in his shotgun to display and show in front of the class as part of his class project.

I went to a rural high school where probably 75% of the males were members of the FFA club. (Future Farmers of America).

[DvT]UY · 06-02-2008, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by {OF}G_Man

Every young boy had a pocket knife with him in school every day.

Even hunting knives were allowed during hunting season as long as they were holstered in a sheath.

The only knives that got confiscated were switch blades, and you weren't expelled for having one, you just had it taken away.

I remember in high school ( 1960/61 one of the students in english class brought in his shotgun to display and show in front of the class as part of his class project.

I went to a rural high school where probably 75% of the males were members of the FFA club. (Future Farmers of America).

We were very lucky to have been part of that generation and I guess the last of those kind of times. Life was sure a lot simpler. I got to experience many things that were unique to those times. Good things. Honest and sincere things. Innocent things that I actually had fun with...like walking in the creek or going frog gigging. And then there were the snipe hunts

I will always cherish those times