HIGH SCHOOL --1957 vs. 2011

[Taggure]

I got this in my email from a friend today and thought that I would share it with everyone, but it especialy hits home for us that are over 50.

You know by today's standards none of us were supposed to ever make it.

Enjoy
Vern

HIGH SCHOOL --1957 vs. 2011

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.

1957 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.

2010 - 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.

1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.

2010 - 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.

1957 - 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.
2010 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. He becomes a zombie. He is then tested for ADD. The family gets extra money (SSI) from the government 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.

1957 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college and becomes a successful businessman.

2010 - 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.

1957 - Mark shares his aspirin with the Principal out on the smoking dock.

2010 - 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.

1957 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English and goes to college.

2010 - 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 aliving because he cannot speak English.

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.

1957 - Ants die.

2010 - 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.

1957 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

2010 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5years of therapy.

This shows just how ignorant and PC we have become!

Time have surely changed!

[Jakeiscrazy]

Sad but true.

[allingeneral]

Thanks for sharing this. I will do the same...

[Kreutz]

Scenario 5:
Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.

1957 - Mark shares his aspirin with the Principal out on the smoking dock.

2010 - The police are called and Mark is expelled from school for drug violations. His car is then searched for drugs and weapons.

This happened.

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/Story?id=4537765&page=1

Savana Redding says she was "confused" and "ashamed" after the officials in Safford, Ariz., suspected her in 2003 of giving other students prescription Ibuprofen pills and ordered her to expose her breasts and pelvic area during a search in the school nurse's office. She denied having any pills, and none were found. Her mother later filed on her behalf a federal lawsuit claiming the search was unreasonable and therefore illegal.

SCOTUS agreed:

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/Story?id=4537765&page=1

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that school officials violated an Arizona teenager's rights by strip-searching her for prescription-strength ibuprofen, declaring that U.S. educators cannot force children to remove their clothing unless student safety is at risk.

In an 8-1 ruling, the justices said that Safford Middle School officials violated the Fourth Amendment ban on unreasonable searches with their treatment of Savana Redding. The court ruled that the officials could not be held financially liable but left it to lower courts to decide if the school district could.

Not shocked who the sole dissenting opinion belonged to:

In a dissent, Justice Clarence Thomas said the search had been legal and the court previously had given school officials "considerable leeway" under the Fourth Amendment in school settings.

Yeah, the PC liberals are the only pushing for a police state.

[gunderwood]

1957 -- We all laugh because the OP is a joke..and there's no Internet.

2011 -- Everyone wonders WTF has happened, but is afraid to say anything lest they be labeled as "extremists" by the White House...

Yeah, the PC liberals are the only pushing for a police state.

Outside of a few things the left doesn't really push for a police state, that's mostly a right wing thing. That doesn't mean that they don't want to use the state for other purposes such as telling everyone how to live their lives or that they will do more than talk about stopping it (e.g. Patriot Acts). At the end of the day the left are more than happy to compromise with the right to sacrifice liberty on the alter of security in exchange for social programs, but their agenda generally isn't advocating a police state.

That's why I use the term statism or statist. The problem with the police state and the socialist state are the same thing...they both advocate the state over individual liberty.

[totes6]

And Gunderwood comes back with a bang. back

Anyone thought about opening a private school, where the teachers are required to carry a firearm to protect the students? Chances are that kind of school wouldn't have this kind of PC BS.

[joyceking]

Great difference. a little sad.

[scott9050]

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.

1957 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

Johnny scraped his knee and cried in high school?

Other than that there were a lot of similarities between 1957 and my high school in North Carolina in 1987.