[BubbaJunebug]

1973 vs 2006

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

1973- Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his to show Jack. 2006- 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 fist fight after school.

1973- 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.

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Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students. 1973- 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 neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping. 1973- 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.

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Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school. 1973- Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock. 2006- Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons. ++++++++++++ +++++++++ +++++

Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.

1973: Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college. 2006: 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 can't speak English.

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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. 1973- 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.

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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.

1973- 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. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.

[L98Fiero]

That 1973 scenario sounds like my school in 1983.

[live+let_live]

I’ve got one:

1955 -

My dad was in High School in an ‘inner-city’ high school in St. Louis in the 50’s. He was also in Boy Scouts.

He rode to school on a public transit bus with his .22 caliber rifle, where he made a new stock for it in his Shop Class with the help of his teacher.

Then he took the rifle on a public transit bus to the police station where the police helped him earn his Riflery Merit Badge.

True Story. When my kids heard the story, they couldn’t believe it.

[AmericanHunter]

My kids have a hard time believing that we used to take our shotguns on the school bus if we were hunting at a friend’s house after school. When we got to school, we took the guns to the office for the day and picked them up after school. It was no big deal.

[reagan_fanatic]

The incident described in the scenario below actually happened to a classmate of mine.

1980: When I was in High School electronics class, our instructor got fed up with a persistent troublemaker in class, so he walked over to him, picked him up by his shirtcollar off the floor and threw him out of the classroom. He came back the next day and was a model student the rest of the semester. He finished the class with a passing grade.

What would happen to the instructor today: Instructor loses his job, his pension and savings and is sent to jail, his career and life ruined. Johnny and family is awarded 10 million in damages for pain and suffering.

[lesser_satan]

I graduated in ‘94. The shop teacher was a hell of a gunsmith, and kids brought guns in all the time for him to work on. There was never a single problem.

[Ozokerite Boryslaw]

Yes but, but - we’ve made great strides! In 1973 we weren’t allowed to chew gum in class.

Now look at all the freedoms we enjoy. yeah, or something like that.

[qam1]

Scenario: Eddie before he rides his bicycle puts on a bright pink helmet and elbow pads, when he meets up with his fellow classmates...

1973: They burst into laughter, question his sexuality, then jump him, rip his helmet off and play keep away

2006: They complement him on his choice of colors

[Melas]

What a total load. I saw a junior high fist fight in 1976, a mere three years after this mythical 1973 where they shake hands be best friends. Only problem was that Nelson Cortez was hauled off in an ambulance and never came back. Later learned that he needed several surgeries to rebuild a cheekbone and that he had lost the sight in that eye.

Even the gun rack. That may have been true in small town America, but it was never the case in any urban area. Being from a city in the West, Colorado Springs, I never saw a gun in a rack at school, ever.

[Moleman]

1970’s...Disco and hippes, I think I was better off growing up in the 80’s.

[Drew68]

1973: Turned on FM radio to somewhere high in the dial, say 106.7 and listened to 40 minutes of kick-ass, distorted Les Paul-driven ROCK. 10 minutes of DJ banter (and he was as stoned as you were!) and 10 minutes of local commercials.

2007: "This is 107.3, a Clear Channel Station. Here is the latest by Avril Lavigne. The same song we played an hour ago. And you can hear it again after our next 25 minute long commercial break!"

[Mr. Blonde]

I graduated in 2003 and it was way closer to the 1973 scenario than 2006. Of course I graduated with 85 people so that probably made things a little more lax.

If someone had a gun in their gun rack, they would probably be made to go home and leave the gun at home next time. But I don't remember it happening. I guess everyone had the sense to put the gun under the seat so you couldn't see it just walking by.

[the OlLine Rebel]

OM! ROFL!

I love it!

But this needs additional info:

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.
1973- Ants die.
2006- BATF, Homeland Security, FBI *and Environmental Protection Agency* 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. *Johnny is also charged by the EPA and PETA with cruelty to animals, destroying protected wildlife, and destroying the ecosystem.*