school days 1970 vs 2007

river rat · 02-22-2008, 04:24 PM

SCHOOL DAYS


1970 vs. 2007

Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.

1970 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.

2007 - 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.

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

1970 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.

2007 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.

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Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other st udents.

1970 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.

2007 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin; Becomes a zombie; Tested for ADD; School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.

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Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.

1970 - 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 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.

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

1970 - Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.

2007 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and wea pons.

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Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.

1970 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, and goes to college.

2007 - 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 is given his diploma anyway, but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.

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Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, and blows up a red ant bed.

1970 - Ants die.

2007 - 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; not allowed to fly again.

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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.

1970 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of psycho-therapy. 



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Realtor · 02-22-2008, 04:33 PM

I have seen those before, but how TRUE is all that?

AAAHHHH, the good ole days. When my brother and I were growing up, I wonder how we made it to adulthood. We had NO video games nothing like that, just dirt, sticks and rocks.

Jim

miztergentz · 02-22-2008, 04:41 PM

Dirt, sticks, rocks, B-B guns, sand lot football, sand lot baseball, bikes and mini bikes.......

FizzyLifter · 02-22-2008, 04:46 PM

:doh Very good! Look at all those tax paid dollars used in the 2007 versions.

true-king · 02-22-2008, 04:50 PM

I'll agree with the 1st and 5th ones, but the others are a little ridiculous.

konz · 02-22-2008, 04:52 PM

Hell even when i was young it was all about the sandlot football, basketball,capture the flag, jumping dirt hills, and building forts. Video games were something you did after the street lights came on.

I'm amazed at how much time some people put into these games. I have a good friend whom hasn't come out of his room since he got a Wii....lol

JLMass · 02-22-2008, 04:57 PM

how did this turn into a thread against video games

Baitcaster · 02-22-2008, 06:44 PM

I can remember bringing buck knives to show off and compare with my friends in school, now you better not get caught with fingernail clippers.

TUBBLAWNS · 02-23-2008, 01:18 AM

I don't think none of those are ridiculous!!! They sound about right. The earth is made of eggshells these days!!!!

The Raven · 02-23-2008, 01:32 AM

I can remember about a dozen of us in sixth grade (1967) bringing our .22 rifles to school in the morning and setting them on a table in the Industrial Arts shop so we had them for our NRA gun safety course after school.

Yes, it was a different world. Too bad there aren't enough men around to fight to retain the good in what once was.

02-22-2008, 04:24 PM	#1
river rat Senior Member Trigger Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 254	school days 1970 vs 2007 <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: #333299; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">SCHOOL DAYS<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 36pt; COLOR: #333299"> 1970 vs. 2007<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: #df2b0c; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 1970 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 2007 - 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.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: #df2b0c; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 1970 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 2007 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: #df2b0c; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other st udents.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 1970 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 2007 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin; Becomes a zombie; Tested for ADD; School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: #df2b0c; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 1970 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman. <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 2007 - 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.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: #df2b0c; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 1970 - Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 2007 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and wea pons.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: #df2b0c; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 1970 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, and goes to college.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 2007 - 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 is given his diploma anyway, but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"> ------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: #df2b0c; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, and blows up a red ant bed.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 1970 - Ants die.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 2007 - 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; not allowed to fly again.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: #df2b0c; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 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.<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 1970 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. 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02-22-2008, 04:33 PM	#2
Realtor Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pensacola Florida Posts: 2,194	RE: school days 1970 vs 2007 I have seen those before, but how TRUE is all that? AAAHHHH, the good ole days. When my brother and I were growing up, I wonder how we made it to adulthood. We had NO video games nothing like that, just dirt, sticks and rocks. Jim __________________ Jim Summers www.PensacolaSharkFishing.com www.PensacolaHouseHunter.com @CaptFatJax (Twitter)

02-22-2008, 04:41 PM	#3
miztergentz Senior Member Snapper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pensacola Posts: 461	RE: school days 1970 vs 2007 Dirt, sticks, rocks, B-B guns, sand lot football, sand lot baseball, bikes and mini bikes.......

02-22-2008, 04:46 PM	#4
FizzyLifter Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pace Posts: 833	RE: school days 1970 vs 2007 :doh Very good! Look at all those tax paid dollars used in the 2007 versions.

02-22-2008, 04:50 PM	#5
true-king Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pensa-hassee Posts: 2,027	RE: school days 1970 vs 2007 I'll agree with the 1st and 5th ones, but the others are a little ridiculous.

02-22-2008, 04:52 PM	#6
konz Senior Member White Marlin Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Someplace fishing Posts: 3,100	RE: school days 1970 vs 2007 Hell even when i was young it was all about the sandlot football, basketball,capture the flag, jumping dirt hills, and building forts. Video games were something you did after the street lights came on. I'm amazed at how much time some people put into these games. I have a good friend whom hasn't come out of his room since he got a Wii....lol

02-22-2008, 04:57 PM	#7
JLMass Senior Member Trigger Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Gulf Breeze Posts: 395	RE: school days 1970 vs 2007 how did this turn into a thread against video games

02-22-2008, 06:44 PM	#8
Baitcaster Topwater Bluefish fan Grouper Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,141	RE: school days 1970 vs 2007 I can remember bringing buck knives to show off and compare with my friends in school, now you better not get caught with fingernail clippers.

02-23-2008, 01:18 AM	#9
TUBBLAWNS Senior Member Trigger Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 310	RE: school days 1970 vs 2007 I don't think none of those are ridiculous!!! They sound about right. The earth is made of eggshells these days!!!!

02-23-2008, 01:32 AM	#10
The Raven Senior Member Trigger Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 350	RE: school days 1970 vs 2007 I can remember about a dozen of us in sixth grade (1967) bringing our .22 rifles to school in the morning and setting them on a table in the Industrial Arts shop so we had them for our NRA gun safety course after school. Yes, it was a different world. Too bad there aren't enough men around to fight to retain the good in what once was.

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