{"id":629,"date":"2012-08-17T14:36:38","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T14:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corbdesign.com\/blog\/?p=629"},"modified":"2012-08-17T14:36:38","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T14:36:38","slug":"1959-vs-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corbinrose.com\/blog\/life\/1959-vs-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"1959 vs 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Scenario: Jeffrey won&#8217;t be still in class, disrupts other students.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1959 &#8211; Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by Principal. Sits still in class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2006 &#8211; Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his father&#8217;s car and his Dad gives him a whipping.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1959 &#8211; Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2006 &#8211; Billy&#8217;s Dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. Billy&#8217;s sister is told by state psychologist that she remembers being abused herself and their Dad goes to prison. Billy&#8217;s mom has affair with psychologist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some headache medicine to school.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1959 &#8211; Mark shares headache medicine with Principal out on the smoking dock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2006 &#8211; Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scenario: Mary turns up pregnant.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1959 &#8211; 5 High School Boys leave town. Mary does her senior year at a special school for expectant mothers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2006 &#8211; 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&#8217;s consent or knowledge. Mary given condoms and told to be more careful next time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1959: Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, and goes to college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2006: Pedro&#8217;s cause is taken up by state democratic 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&#8217;s English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he can&#8217;t speak English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scenario: Jack pulls into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1959 &#8211; Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack&#8217;s rifle, goes to his car and gets his to show Jack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2006 &#8211; 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1959 &#8211; Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2006 &#8211; Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, and blows up a red ant bed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1959 &#8211; Ants die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2006 &#8211; BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated; Johnny&#8217;s Dad goes on a terror watch list and is cavity searched every time he flys .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>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.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1959 &#8211; In a short time Johnny feels better and goes on playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2006 &#8211; Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scenario: Jeffrey won&#8217;t be still in class, disrupts other students. 1959 &#8211; Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by Principal. Sits still in class. 2006 &#8211; Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability. 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