School 1977 vs. School 2007

[kiwi_2005]

School 1977 vs. School 2007


Many a true word is spoken in jest but.......


Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.
1977 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up mates.
2007 - Police are called, Armed Response Unit arrives and arrests Johnny and Mark.
Mobiles with video of fight confiscated as evidence. They are charged with assault, ASBOs are taken out and both are suspended even though Johnny started it. Diversionary conferences and parent meetings conducted. Video shown on 6 internet sites.


Scenario: Jeffrey won't sit still in class, disrupts other students.
1977 - Jeffrey is sent to the principal's office and given 6 of the best. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2007 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. Counselled to death. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra funding because Jeffrey has a disability. Drops out of school.


Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbour's car and his Dad gives him the slipper.
1977 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.
2007 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is removed to foster care and joins a gang. Psychologist tells Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mum has an affair with the psychologist. Psychologist gets a promotion.


Scenario: Mark, a college student, brings cigarettes to school.

1977 - Mark shares a smoke with the school principal out on the smoking area.
2007 - Police are called and Mark is expelled from School for drug possession. His car is searched for drugs and weapons.


Scenario: Mohammed fails high school English.
1977 - Mohammed retakes his exam, passes and goes to college.
2007 - Mohammed's cause is taken up by local human rights group. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that making English a requirement for graduation is racist. Civil Liberties Association files class action lawsuit against state school system and his English teacher. English is banned from core curriculum. Mohammed is given his qualification anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.


Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers, puts them in a model plane paint bottle and blows up an anthill.
1977 - Ants die.
2007 - MI5 and police are called and Johnny is charged with perpetrating acts of terrorism. Teams investigate parents, siblings are removed from the home, computers are confiscated, and Johnny's dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.


Scenario: Johnny falls during break and scrapes his knee. His teacher, Mary, finds him crying, and gives him a hug to comfort him.
1977 - Johnny soon feels better and goes back to playing.
2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces three years in prison. Johnny undergoes five years of therapy. Becomes gay.

[I-25]

Funny, Sad and true!

[bookworm_020]

This is scary Any closer to the truth and I'd be sceaming!

[mapuc]

Not just that. You had much more respect for your teacher then, than the pupil/stundent have today.

Markus

[JSLTIGER]

Originally Posted by I-25

Funny, Sad and true!

[Frau_Phillips]

If I hear one more person complaining about kids being "counselled to death" and "turning into zombies" because of medication, I'm going to do something my therapist wouldn't approve of. People spreading falsehoods about psychotherapy and acting like its worthless or even harmful are preventing people who need help from taking the step to get it.

[fatty]

Originally Posted by mapuc

Not just that. You had much more respect for your teacher then, than the pupil/stundent have today.

Markus

On whose behalf are you speaking here? I graduated from a North American high school within the last 5 years and things were never as extreme as suggested by these rather silly examples, and I came from a supposedly 'bad' school. There were bad seeds, as there always have been and always will be, but the majority of us appreciated and followed directions. Throughout all our bomb threats and drug dealers I cannot recall any scenarios that actually mimicked these results. And hey, I'm sure everything turned out just peachy in '77 too, right? But of course, those were the good ol' days. Must get my head out of the sand.

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by Frau_Phillips

If I hear one more person complaining about kids being "counselled to death" and "turning into zombies" because of medication, I'm going to do something my therapist wouldn't approve of. People spreading falsehoods about psychotherapy and acting like its worthless or even harmful are preventing people who need help from taking the step to get it.

Yes but there are those out there where if a child acts not normally they then go fill him/her up with retalin class him as ADD when he probably hasn't got ADD!. When my Nepwhew was 7 the doctor recommended my sister he be put on ritalin she said no and just took him off sugared foods as he was very hypoactive, couldn't sit still, got bored with anything withing 5minutes hes 16 now and a normal teenager she did it without any medication. But yeah there are those that really do need the help, trouble is some use the ritalin as a shortcut - lets put them on that problem solved.

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by fatty

On whose behalf are you speaking here? I graduated from a North American high school within the last 5 years and things were never as extreme as suggested by these rather silly examples, and I came from a supposedly 'bad' school. There were bad seeds, as there always have been and always will be, but the majority of us appreciated and followed directions. Throughout all our bomb threats and drug dealers I cannot recall any scenarios that actually mimicked these results. And hey, I'm sure everything turned out just peachy in '77 too, right? But of course, those were the good ol' days. Must get my head out of the sand.

I left school in 1981(9th class) I do remember something from back then, in 1977
No it was not the "good old days" absolutly not. We had problems with drugs and a.s.o then also. But Somehow the teacher had more respect.

Further more, I remember lot off thing from my days in school then and in 1999 to 2001 when I was studying to be a math teacher And I asure you that here in Sweden there was huge different from then(77) and now(01)

Markus

[Blacklight]

Blacklight in school 1977: Blacklight gets a wedgie, gets shoved into and locked into a locker

Blacklight in school 2007: Blacklight gets a wedgie, gets shoved into and locked in a locker, and he's 37 years old.

:rotfl:

[Thunder]

PC Overkill.

[d@rk51d3]

Originally Posted by Blacklight

Blacklight in school 1977: Blacklight gets a wedgie, gets shoved into and locked into a locker

Blacklight in school 2007: Blacklight gets a wedgie, gets shoved into and locked in a locker, and he's 37 years old.

:rotfl:

You wanna know the secret to avoiding this?...........



...........No underpants.:p

:rotfl:

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by Blacklight

Blacklight in school 1977: Blacklight gets a wedgie, gets shoved into and locked into a locker

Blacklight in school 2007: Blacklight gets a wedgie, gets shoved into and locked in a locker, and he's 37 years old.

:rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl:

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Originally Posted by Frau_Phillips

If I hear one more person complaining about kids being "counselled to death" and "turning into zombies" because of medication, I'm going to do something my therapist wouldn't approve of. People spreading falsehoods about psychotherapy and acting like its worthless or even harmful are preventing people who need help from taking the step to get it.

Not to mention screwing up my chosen line of work :hmm:

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips

Not to mention screwing up my chosen line of work :hmm:

Professional spanker?