50 Years in America

[CameronJr9]

Discuss

Scenario: Jack pulls into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack.

1956 - Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack's rifle, goes
to his car and gets his to show Jack.

2006 - School goes into lockdown, 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 fist fight after school.

1956 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end
up best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.

2006 - 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.

1956 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by Principal.
Sits still in class.

2006 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. School
gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.


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

1956 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to
college, and becomes a successful businessman.

2006 - Billy's Dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to
foster care and joins a gang. Billy's sister is told by state
psychologist 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 headache medicine to
school.

1956 - Mark shares headache medicine with Principal out on the smoking
dock.

2006 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations.
Car searched for drugs and weapons.


Scenario: Mary turns up pregnant.

1956 - 5 High School Boys leave town. Mary does her senior year at a
special school for expectant mothers.

2006 - Middle School Counselor calls Planned Parenthood, who notifies
the ACLU. Mary is driven to the next state over and gets an abortion
without her parent's consent or knowledge. Mary given condoms and told
to be more careful next time.


Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.

1956 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.

2006 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state party. 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 can't speak English.


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

1956 - Ants die.

2006 - 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.

1956 - In a short time Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

2006 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job.
She faces 3 years in State Prison.

[SacrificeTheory]

Interesting, but I think a lot of that is a bit of exaggeration. Not all of those situations would be taken so seriously for 2006 and so lightly for 1956.

[Elmacho]

lol, I agree with Sacrifice. Although I understand your point, there is a bit of exaggeration.

[CameronJr9]

Haha. It's not meant to be taken 100% seriously. It's just an e-mail forward I got. But please, continue to discuss.

[Nomar06]

Originally Posted by SacrificeTheory

Interesting, but I think a lot of that is a bit of exaggeration. Not all of those situations would be taken so seriously for 2006 and so lightly for 1956.

+1, but you never know these days. I didnt pass english in '96 and I just went to summer school, thats it. Some kid in highschool back in '95 got caught with tylenol(didnt have any writting on pill) got 3 days in-school suspension.

Oh, and in middle school (around '93 or '94) our gym teacher took us to shoot shotguns for a field trip. The week before we studied how to care and take apart the shotgun.