School 1977 vs. School 2007
Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.
1977 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up
mates.
2007 - Police are called, Armed Response Unit arrives and arrests Johnny
and Mark. Mobiles with video of fight confiscated as evidence. They are
charged with assault, ASBOs are taken out and both are suspended even
though Johnny started it. Diversionary conferences and parent meetings
conducted. Video shown on 6 internet sites.
Scenario: Jeffrey won't sit still in class, disrupts other students.
1977 - Jeffrey is sent to the principal's office and given 6 of the best.
Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2007 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. Counselled to death. Becomes
a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra funding because Jeffrey has a
disability. Drops out of school.
Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbour's car and his Dad gives
him the slipper.
1977 - 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 is removed to foster
care and joins a gang. Psychologist tells Billy's sister that she
remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mum
has an affair with the psychologist. Psychologist gets a promotion.
Scenario: Mark, a college student, brings cigarettes to school .
1977 - Mark shares a smoke with the school principal out on the smoking
area.
2007 - Police are called and Mark is expelled from School for drug
possession. His car is searched for drugs and weapons.
Scenario: Mohammed fails high school English.
1977 - Mohammed retakes his exam, passes and goes to college.
2007 - Mohammed's cause is taken up by local human rights group. Newspaper
articles appear nationally explaining that making English a requirement for
graduation is racist. Civil Liberties Association files class action
lawsuit against state school system and his English teacher. English is
banned from core curriculum. Mohammed is given his qualification anyway but
ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.
Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers, puts them in a model
plane paint bottle and blows up an anthill.
1977 - Ants die.
2007 - MI5 and police are called and Johnny is charged with perpetrating
acts of terrorism. Teams investigate parents, siblings are removed from the
home, computers are confiscated, and Johnny's dad goes on a terror watch
list and is never allowed to fly with American Carriers ever again.
Scenario: Johnny falls during break and scrapes his knee. His teacher,
Mary, finds him crying, and gives him a hug to comfort him.
1977 - Johnny soon feels better and goes back to playing.
2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She
faces three years in prison. Johnny undergoes five years of therapy.
Becomes gay. Born before 1980?
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's...
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because .
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day, and we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound, CD's or Ipods! No cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat rooms.......
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,
Made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
If we knocked on a door and ran away, we were actually AFRAID of getting caught!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!
If YOU are one of them, CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives so much, than for our own good.
And while you are at it, share it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were. lol - how very, very true. Good point o so true, what happen to the good ole days? rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii... on Very good....
Brilliant...
And true....
Aaron. You know most jokes are funny because their over exaggerated, but the sad thing is its all true, this would happen. Many a true word is spoken in jest but unfortunately this is becoming more and more true in the Nanny State we now live in and makes me very glad I am in my twilight years and not starting out on life's long highway. Where has all the fun gone??? It's true. Nobody actually cares about anyone and the reason why we have these problems today is because big businesses and special interest groups have found ways to use pop psychology and manipulated laws to get what they want at the expense of those who are poor, ignorant and easily deceived. How do you stop it? But becoming educated and not letting people pander to you so they can take advantage of you, that's how. Yeah, we really live in a crappy society nowadays. Thanks for sharing! wtf??? was this a joke or a riddle? wow, nice So true and funny. hahahaha!!!
very funny
thanks for sharing. LMAO. I can almost see it happening. TO COIN A PHRASE
THAT'S LIFE
and I still say the old way is still the best way
What you say is Oh! so true
why will people not open there eyes anymore ha ha ha ha very good and all true ,,,,,,ace material,,, HILAIROUS!! OMG...!!!!!! copy and pasting that one!! thank you!!!!
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