SCHOOL - 1957 vs. 2010

[Puffy]

Scenario:
Johnny and Mark get into a fight after school.

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

2010 - Police called, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it. Both children go to anger management programs for 3 months. School governors hold meeting to implement bullying prevention programmes

Scenario:
Robbie won't be still in class, disrupts other students.

1957 - Robbie sent to office and given 6 of the best by the Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.

2010 - Robbie given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADHD.. Robbie's parents get fortnightly disability payments and School gets extra funding from government because Robbie has a disability.

Scenario:
Billy breaks a window in his neighbour'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 removed to foster care and joins a gang.

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

1957 - Mark gets glass of water from Principal to take aspirin with.

2010 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug taking. Car searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario:
Johnny takes apart leftover fireworks from Guy Fawkes night, puts them in a paint tin & blows up a wasp's nest.

1957 - Wasps die.

2010- Police & Anti-Terrorism Squad called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, investigate 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 morning break 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 Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.

[Andad]

This would all be funny if it wasn't true.

[baldeagle7007]

Originally Posted by directioneng

This would all be funny if it wasn't true.

x2 Amen Brother!!!

[Spunga]

The world is has gone mad!!!

I miss the old days.

[swatty]

Originally Posted by directioneng

This would all be funny if it wasn't true.

Originally Posted by baldeagle7007

x2 Amen Brother!!!

Originally Posted by Spunga

The world is has gone mad!!!

I miss the old days.

[Rsvrider]

Originally Posted by directioneng

This would all be funny if it wasn't true.

X3 where did we miss the turn?

[FeelingTheBlues]

Originally Posted by directioneng

This would all be funny if it wasn't true.

I agree!

[MoBe]

Ask the US Government where all the paranoia comes from from these days.

`don`t bother I already have the answer and so do you,it`s no joke.

[canwatchco]

I will NEVER FORGET my "6 of the best" !!

[RLXSTR]

So so sad...and so so true.

Funny...Yes!

[drgleeds37]

Kind of scary really because it's so true. It kind of makes me want to move to a third world country.

[toph]

sadly it is true

[AstroBoy]

Originally Posted by Spunga

The world is has gone mad!!!

I miss the old days.

...and the cows are mad too!

[Timber Loftis]

While these descriptions are hyperbolic charicatures of our society in many instances, I think you could make the argument that the joke works equally well with 1977 vs. today, without needing to hearken back all the way to 1957.

I think by this point entitlement and litigiousness pervades our culture, from top to bottom. You'll find entitlement philosophy coming from a trust fund baby arguing 15% is a fair capital gains rate (it isn't) as often as you'll find a poor person in the inner city wanting their gummint handouts and as often as you'll find one neighbor suing another over a dog bite. It's sickening at all levels, and I say this both as a citizen and a lawyer.

[Cru Jones]

"wasps die."

[Art 1]

Oldie but goodie.

[bewithabob]

This is the real reason I don't play with firecrackers any more.

[Sarajevo]

:)

[77T]

truest post of the year so far

[Puffy]

You could even insert 1987 and it would still show the contrast

i remember getting slapped with rulers and what not by teachers in the late 80s

[Spunga]

Originally Posted by Puffy

You could even insert 1987 and it would still show the contrast

i remember getting slapped with rulers and what not by teachers in the late 80s

Oh yeah, a proper school.....great days, when teachers gave as good as they got.

Back then, if I ever bad mouthed a neighbour (or a teacher) or did something naughty and I got a clip around the ear, it was because I was in the wrong. If I hadn't received the clip, and my father found out later what I'd done, thanks would go to the neighbour and I'd get a worse clip for my efforts.

Nothing my school teachers did, nor my neighbours, did me any mental or physical harm. To the contrary.

Today though, a legal nightmare for all concerned regarding bringing up children, be it teachers, neighbours or parents.

Nanny states don't work because they fail to factor in human nature and common sense.

[Sarajevo]

Still think I'd rather take my chances in 2010 than in 1957 - life expectancy, poverty, healthcare, etc. Human development is uneven but ultimately onwards and upwards.