1956 and 2006 - How the times have changed

[ladyparrothead]

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 own gun 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.

< /SPAN> 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 paren t'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 democratic party. N ewspaper 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 s knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mrs Jones. Mrs Jones gives him a hug in order to comfort him. .

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

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

[rednekkPH]

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 own gun 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.

1956 hell...I graduated in '94, and it was common to have hunting rifles and/or shotguns in plain view in our vehicles. I hunted almost every day either before or after school when I wasn't working. Always carried a pocket knife too, and on many occasions handed it to a teacher that needed one for opening a box or whatever.

[buffettbride]

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 own gun 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.

1956 hell...I graduated in '94, and it was common to have hunting rifles and/or shotguns in plain view in our vehicles. I hunted almost every day either before or after school when I wasn't working. Always carried a pocket knife too, and on many occasions handed it to a teacher that needed one for opening a box or whatever.

And just look how you turned out.

[rednekkPH]

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 own gun 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.

1956 hell...I graduated in '94, and it was common to have hunting rifles and/or shotguns in plain view in our vehicles. I hunted almost every day either before or after school when I wasn't working. Always carried a pocket knife too, and on many occasions handed it to a teacher that needed one for opening a box or whatever.

And just look how you turned out.

Oh hush, just because they hadn't yet invented gunpowder when you were in high school...

[buffettbride]

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 own gun 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.

1956 hell...I graduated in '94, and it was common to have hunting rifles and/or shotguns in plain view in our vehicles. I hunted almost every day either before or after school when I wasn't working. Always carried a pocket knife too, and on many occasions handed it to a teacher that needed one for opening a box or whatever.

And just look how you turned out.

Oh hush, just because they hadn't yet invented gunpowder when you were in high school...

I'd rather be old than a hick.

[TropicalTroubador]

I truly wish this were funny...(*sigh*)...

[carolinagirl]

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.

A fourth-grade teacher here in Georgia has been suspended for putting scotch tape on the mouth of girl (suffering from ADHD) who would not stop talking.

I can remember teachers saying, "close your mouth or I'll tape it shut."

No one was traumatized... It was funny.

[job41475]

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 own gun 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.

1956 hell...I graduated in '94, and it was common to have hunting rifles and/or shotguns in plain view in our vehicles. I hunted almost every day either before or after school when I wasn't working. Always carried a pocket knife too, and on many occasions handed it to a teacher that needed one for opening a box or whatever.

I think it depends on where you are living and the culture there as I graduated High School in '93 and noone had any guns dislayed anywhere. Wasn't much hunting where I grew up though. Never saw a knife on anyone either....

[comemonday]

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.

A fourth-grade teacher here in Georgia has been suspended for putting scotch tape on the mouth of girl (suffering from ADHD) who would not stop talking.

I can remember teachers saying, "close your mouth or I'll tape it shut."

No one was traumatized... It was funny.

I think if they say it, it's one thing, but to actually tape a child's mouth shut... I don't know; if it were my kid, I wouldn't be too happy. (Not that I have kids, but if I did, chances are they'd be the ones getting threatened to have their mouths taped shut!)

[buffettbride]

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.

A fourth-grade teacher here in Georgia has been suspended for putting scotch tape on the mouth of girl (suffering from ADHD) who would not stop talking.

I can remember teachers saying, "close your mouth or I'll tape it shut."

No one was traumatized... It was funny.

I think if they say it, it's one thing, but to actually tape a child's mouth shut... I don't know; if it were my kid, I wouldn't be too happy. (Not that I have kids, but if I did, chances are they'd be the ones getting threatened to have their mouths taped shut!)

You tape my kids' mouth shut and soon you'll wish you hadn't taken chewing for granted.

[East Texas Parrothead]

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.

A fourth-grade teacher here in Georgia has been suspended for putting scotch tape on the mouth of girl (suffering from ADHD) who would not stop talking.

I can remember teachers saying, "close your mouth or I'll tape it shut."

No one was traumatized... It was funny.

That is hysterical ... not the getting suspended part - that sucks ... but the tape over the mouth is genius!

[carolinagirl]

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.

A fourth-grade teacher here in Georgia has been suspended for putting scotch tape on the mouth of girl (suffering from ADHD) who would not stop talking.

I can remember teachers saying, "close your mouth or I'll tape it shut."

No one was traumatized... It was funny.

That is hysterical ... not the getting suspended part - that sucks ... but the tape over the mouth is genius!

I know, it's just scotch tape, for goodness sake. I've had tape on my mouth (I had older brothers.)

I just told my son about this article in the paper, and he said his history teacher (8th grade, a man) has put scotch tape on kid's mouths, made a kid put a trash can on his head and told other kids to hit kids who won't stop talking. Son says it's funny. Teachers gotta do what they gotta do. I told son to use that article about the suspended scotch-tape teacher as one of his current event write-ups.

[Wino you know]

A fourth-grade teacher here in Georgia has been suspended for putting scotch tape on the mouth of girl (suffering from ADHD) who would not stop talking.

I can remember teachers saying, "close your mouth or I'll tape it shut."

No one was traumatized... It was funny.

My second grade teacher once taped the mouths of ALL the kids in the class. At the end of the day, she YANKED the tape off of all of us and told us it was time to go home.
And you know what? We ALL laughed afterwards. (Because it was FUNNY).

I had a similar incident in 8th grade-except my English teacher taped MY mouth shut and nobody else's. (And it was FUNNY).
After class he asked me if I'd learned my lesson. I nodded, and he YANKED the tape off, and all the other kids in the class laughed.
Because it was FUNNY.

I think if I were a teacher in TODAY'S pubic school system, I'd last about 8.4 seconds, because if I wasn't taping the mouths shut of the little snots, I'd flat out COLD COCK the bastards.

[ragtopW]

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 own gun 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.

1956 hell...I graduated in '94, and it was common to have hunting rifles and/or shotguns in plain view in our vehicles. I hunted almost every day either before or after school when I wasn't working. Always carried a pocket knife too, and on many occasions handed it to a teacher that needed one for opening a box or whatever.

I graduated in '78 and we always had a gun in the car..

and a knife in our pocket.. in our back pocket, razor sharp
and not what I would call a pocket knife..

[bravedave]

A fourth-grade teacher here in Georgia has been suspended for putting scotch tape on the mouth of girl (suffering from ADHD) who would not stop talking.

I can remember teachers saying, "close your mouth or I'll tape it shut."

No one was traumatized... It was funny.

My second grade teacher once taped the mouths of ALL the kids in the class. At the end of the day, she YANKED the tape off of all of us and told us it was time to go home.
And you know what? We ALL laughed afterwards. (Because it was FUNNY).

I had a similar incident in 8th grade-except my English teacher taped MY mouth shut and nobody else's. (And it was FUNNY).
After class he asked me if I'd learned my lesson. I nodded, and he YANKED the tape off, and all the other kids in the class laughed.
Because it was FUNNY.

I think if I were a teacher in TODAY'S pubic school system, I'd last about 8.4 seconds, because if I wasn't taping the mouths shut of the little snots, I'd flat out COLD COCK the bastards.

Nineteen sixty-something: Sister Joan Agnes threatened to sew the mouth shut of a recalcitrant talker in her third grade classroom. She had a needle and thread in her drawer, too. She chased my buddy, Greg, around the room twice before he got the clever notion to shut up. (In all seriousness, all she ever sewed with that needle and thread was a uniform skirt that a young lady had inadvertantly ripped.)
I had a chemistry teacher in high school who could throw a piece of chalk or an eraser like a big leaguer. Classroom measured thirty eight feet, corner-to-corner, thirty occupied desks, and he could hit the kid who was talking without any collateral damage.
Yeah, we laughed -- because it was funny. But we STFU too.
Hire a good man (or woman) and let them do their GD job.
You would be welcome to teach my kids anytime, Garry.

[Wino you know]

Nineteen sixty-something: Sister Joan Agnes threatened to sew the mouth shut of a recalcitrant talker in her third grade classroom. She had a needle and thread in her drawer, too. She chased my buddy, Greg, around the room twice before he got the clever notion to shut up. (In all seriousness, all she ever sewed with that needle and thread was a uniform skirt that a young lady had inadvertantly ripped.)
I had a chemistry teacher in high school who could throw a piece of chalk or an eraser like a big leaguer. Classroom measured thirty eight feet, corner-to-corner, thirty occupied desks, and he could hit the kid who was talking without any collateral damage.
Yeah, we laughed -- because it was funny. But we STFU too.
Hire a good man (or woman) and let them do their GD job.
You would be welcome to teach my kids anytime, Garry.

Dave, thank you SO MUCH for giving me a much needed chance to laugh. It was a good laugh, it felt great, and, believe me, in light of other things going on around here, I REALLY needed it. Thanks a million, my friend.
And with you as a father, I'm sure your kids know much more than I could EVER teach them.

[bckohnen]

I had a chemistry teacher in high school who could throw a piece of chalk or an eraser like a big leaguer. Classroom measured thirty eight feet, corner-to-corner, thirty occupied desks, and he could hit the kid who was talking without any collateral damage.

1990, history teacher here in WI. Target was usually someone who didn't find history interesting enough to remain awake through. Kid in the crosshairs would wind up in a cloud of chalk dust. 'Course, that's before we found out that exposure to chalk causes all kind of health problems (like what doesn't now?).

I hear the phrase "the good old days weren't always that good" tossed around a lot these days. That may be, but that doesn't mean everything that happened back in the day was BAD, either.

[Triathlete-Parakeet2]

That story sort of sounds like the Sopranos to me.... at least the affair with the phycologist one!