Share your quips/anecdotes/etc about the decay of society

[bhsup]

[FONT=&quot]Scenario:
Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]1958 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2008 - 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. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Scenario:
Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
[/FONT][FONT=&quot]1958 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2008 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.
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[FONT=&quot]Scenario:
Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.
[/FONT][FONT=&quot]1958 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2008 - 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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[FONT=&quot]Scenario:
Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]
1958 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.
2008 - 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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[FONT=&quot]Scenario:
Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
[/FONT][FONT=&quot]1958 - Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.
2008 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Scenario:
Pedro fails high school English.
[/FONT][FONT=&quot]1958 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English and goes to college.
2008 - 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 cannot speak English. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Scenario:
Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.
[/FONT][FONT=&quot]1958 - Ants die.
2008- BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, compu ters confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]
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.
1958 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2008 - 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. [/FONT]

 

[philippe]

someone here would have had LOADS of fun with the jezuits. Aren't you a bit overreacting now, VRCW with the '08 instances, i can't imagine one of those things ever to happen.

 

[Bigfoot3814]

someone here would have had LOADS of fun with the jezuits. Aren't you a bit overreacting now, VRCW with the '08 instances, i can't imagine one of those things ever to happen.

The 3rd, 5th, and last one have all definitely happened more than once.

 

[Perfection]

[FONT=&quot]Scenario:
Johnny gets a flu and pukes in the hallway.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]1958 - School nurse puts leeches in his eyes and Johnny goes blind
2008 - School nurse calls Johnny's mom and he goes home and gets better[/FONT]

 

[philippe]

drug violations for asperins? oh jeez.

when we were around 16 or so, we have this things called "bezinning", it's normally some kind of school trip to think and get all religious and debaty and stuff. Normally followed with large amounts of alcohol with the teachers. I was barkeep for the last two years, and it's great. If I meet a teacher now, outside school, we will get along much more, cause, you know, you had done something together.

It's also a good shifting to check who is the drunk lot and who can be responsably. I guess a drunk barkeep wouldn't get a good image. Luckily i got an iron stomach and a strong head.

but really. Things are hysterical in the USA.

 

[bhsup]

drug violations for asperins? oh jeez.

That is very true. Students are not allowed any medications at all, including aspirin, in our local districts. If they are caught with any medication, they get in trouble.

 

[Eukaryote]

Indeed, everyday the world is getting better and worse in thousands of ways. There are plenty of reasons to reminice about the fifties.

But let's not forget, in the fifties, gay, black, and jewish people had about the same status as dogs.

 

[Bigfoot3814]

The Pedro scenario is also pretty plausible.

 

[Bugfatty300]

Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.1958 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2008 - 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.

That would definitely happen today.

1958 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English and goes to college.
2008 - 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 cannot speak English.

Could Pedro have even immigrated to the US with the Mexican exclusion laws of the time?

Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.
1958 - Ants die.
2008- 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.

This really happened to my friend once. Of course his improvised firecracker was a little bit bigger (Blew up and entire tree). I don't know if he is on a terrorist watch list though.

 

[RedRalph]

This reads like a Richard Littlejohn column

 

[Arwon]

The Pedro scenario is also pretty plausible.

Um, no. It isn't.

 

[Bugfatty300]

Oooo I got one.

Scenario: A group young black students try to attend a local high school.

1958: Mobs appear to block them, harass them and threaten their lives. State governor calls up the national guard to keep the blacks out of the school. POTUS sends in heavily armed troops to protect the students.
2008: They walk in the school like everyone else.

 

[Gustave5436]

How is it "decay" for child abuse to no longer be acceptable? Is child abuse a good thing?

 

[Tycoon101]

Um, no. It isn't.

Hard to understand when you don't live in the USA.


VRWC, I can't find many errors in your list, and I can't think of too many more to add.

 

[Phlegmak]

[FONT=&quot]Scenario:
Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]1958 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2008 - 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. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Scenario:
Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
[/FONT][FONT=&quot]1958 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2008 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.
[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Scenario:
Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.
[/FONT][FONT=&quot]1958 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2008 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.
[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Scenario:
Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]
1958 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.
2008 - 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.
[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Scenario:
Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
[/FONT][FONT=&quot]1958 - Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.
2008 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Scenario:
Pedro fails high school English.
[/FONT][FONT=&quot]1958 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English and goes to college.
2008 - 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 cannot speak English. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Scenario:
Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.
[/FONT][FONT=&quot]1958 - Ants die.
2008- BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, compu ters confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]
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.
1958 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2008 - 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. [/FONT]

Someone emailed this to you. I received the same a while back. Most of it is nonsense.

 

[Bugfatty300]

Come to think of it I have seen this stuff somewhere else...

 

[Arwon]

Hard to understand when you don't live in the USA.


VRWC, I can't find many errors in your list, and I can't think of too many more to add.

Except that I have lived there.

That, and also I have a modicum of common sense understanding about how a. secondary schools, b. language acquisition, c. migration, d. ESL education, e. the ACLU, f. the law and g. national press outlets actually work.

 

[Bigfoot3814]

Um, no. It isn't.

Except that I have lived there.

Uhhh, well um, that hasn't been my experience.

That, and also I have a modicum of common sense understanding about how a. secondary schools, b. language acquisition, c. migration, d. ESL education, e. the ACLU, f. the law and g. national press outlets actually work.

You've never seen my school district.

 

[bhsup]

Someone emailed this to you. I received the same a while back.

You're right

 

[Bugfatty300]

Bigfoot, are nonnativeenglishspeaking students in your school district allowed to graduate without passing their English credits?