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I copied and pasted so you wouldn't have to go to a link. I would like to know if any of you younger people (students or parents) really think school is better with all of the rules we didn't have back in the '60's. Frankly, I don't see school as safer or better when they try to stop every possible evil in the world.




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

1963 - 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.
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Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.

1963 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins--dispute settled. Johnny and Mark shake
hands and end up best friends.

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: Little Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.

1963 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a quick paddling by Principal. Jeffrey now sits still in class.

2006 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin and diagnosed as having ADD. Becomes a zombie. School gets extra money from state.
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Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his father's car and his Dad gives him a spanking.

1963 - 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 mother has affair with psychologist.
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Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some headache medicine to school.

1963 - 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.
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Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.

1963 : Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.

2006: 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.

1963 - Ants die.

2006 - ATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated. Johnny's Dad placed 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, who hugs Johnny to comfort him.

1963 - In a very short time Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

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

:rolleyes:

There's a reason I hate modern society and the whole "political correctness" crap that's going on.

I've seen this before, but the last one is kind of relevant for Britain.

Been posted before.

1960's are underdramatized, 2006 is overdramatized.

All in all, it is pure bullshit.

:rolleyes:

Sums it up perfectly!

:rolleyes:

^ what she said.

:rolleyes:

QFT

This was posted on these forums before. It was nonsense then, and it remains nonsense.

this thing back again, this was done last year

This was posted on these forums before. It was nonsense then, and it remains nonsense.

Seconded.

Also, :rolleyes:

QFT as well.

Mr. Wilgrove posred this before. :)

Overdramatized, but shows the direction right.

My position always was that governments, in the big picture, do more harm than good, and strengthening of governmental control leads to particular harm. Furthermore, the particularly disturbing thing is that the government wages war against thought.

This was posted on these forums before. It was nonsense then, and it remains nonsense.

unsurprisingly, culture war nonsense is unlike whisky in this respect

this thing back again, this was done last year

Name 5 subject areas that haven't been posted before.

And by the way, I wonder what percent of threads start out with posts of people saying how stupid they are. I would guess 50%.

Name 5 subject areas that haven't been posted before.

And by the way, I wonder what percent of threads start out with posts of people saying how stupid they are. I would guess 50%.

only 50%?

if you are going to start a thread maybe you shouldn't just copy/paste idiocy.

Name 5 subject areas that haven't been posted before.

an email that was forwarded to you does not count as a subject area

Name 5 subject areas that haven't been posted before.

And by the way, I wonder what percent of threads start out with posts of people saying how stupid they are. I would guess 50%.

We aren't talking subject areas. We're talking the same exact thing, word for word.

NOTHING IS RELEVANT!!!

Srsly.