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.
