High School 1957 vs. 2014

[LMWIS]

(Shamelessly stolen from a forwarded email...,)

You should know that by today's standards none of us were supposed to ever make it.

HIGH SCHOOL -- 1957 vs 2014
Scenario 1:

Jack goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking lot with his shotgun in his truck's gun rack..

1957 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2014 - 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.

Scenario 2:

Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.

1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2014 - Police called and SWAT team arrives -- they arrest both Johnny and Mark.They are both charged with assault and both expelled even though Johnny started it.

Scenario 3:

Jeffrey will not be still in class, he disrupts other students.

1957 - Jeffrey sent to the Principal's office and given a good paddling by the Principal. He then returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2014 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. He becomes a zombie. He is then tested for ADD. The family gets extra money (SSI) from the government because Jeffrey has a disability.

Scenario 4:

Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.

1957 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college and becomes a successful businessman..
2014 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse, Billy is removed to foster care and joins a gang. The state psychologist is told by Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has an affair with the psychologist.

Scenario 5:

Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.

1957 - Mark shares his aspirin with a friend who also has a headache.
2014 - The police are called and Mark is expelled from school for drug violations. His car is then searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario 6:

Pedro fails high school English.

1957 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English and goes to college.
2014 - 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 the state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English is then banned from core curriculum.. Pedro is given his diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.

Scenario 7:

Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the Fourth of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up a red ant bed.
1957 - Ants die.
2014 - ATF, Homeland Security and the FBI are all called. Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. The FBI investigates his parents - and all siblings are removed from their home and all computers are confiscated. Johnny's dad is placed on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

Scenario 8:

Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1957 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2014 - 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.

 

[Coldshooter]

1967 Garfield HS remember our Dean of Boys looking over a Ruger 10-22 which belonged to a student during squirrel season. This while standing in the staff parking lot, he might have been smoking also.

 

[DWFAN]

This thread is going to go on and on about what was.
What was, was the post WW II baby boom. It was a relaxed and happy America. And then WE screwed it up. In our euphoria WE forgot the Great Depression. We forgot the Great War. The war to end all wars. We forgot World War II and what it brought. My Grandfather was born in the late 1800's. We used to talk a lot. He used to say that people had become a bunch of whiny children. This was in the late 70's. He died in 86'. He's still right. 9/11 is going to have to happen at least a couple of more times before we stop whining. People are going to need to be scared out of their skins before they learn. You can't go around controlling your neighbors life. Fix your own.

DW

 

[Bajadoc]

The world is what it is. Live your life in an honorable manner and don't let the nonsense get you down.

 

[X Ring Ranch]

I graduated from High School in 1958.

1955-1958 Rules were:

(1) We had very few bullies as they were singled out and given blanket parties by fellow students

(2) You got licks with a big fat paddle from the coach. Sometimes you needed it sometimes you didn't. The times you didn't was to remind you of how it felt incase you forgot.

(3) 1955-1957 Chevrolet was king and you could smoke the tires in the parking lot and get applause and no discipline from the teachers.

(4) No cussing or backtalk to teachers or anyone with authority.

(5) No smoking, drinking, (didn't know of drugs) at school or home

(6) Everybody had a mother and father and they were a woman and a man and married.

(7) Everybody had RESPECT for each OTHER. EXCEPT FOR THE JERKS WHO BADMOUTHED THE GIRLS. They soon fell in line after the rules were explained to them by the lineman on the football team.

(8) We didn't have a "Resource Officer" and didn't need one. We had been raised with respect and respect others.

(9) We lived in small towns where everybody knew everybody and if you got out of line some of your parents friends might just ''STRAIGHTEN YOU OUT" !

(10) We went to Sunday School and Church on Sunday morning and Sunday night and prayer meeting on Wednesday


I really don't see how the USA will survive with what I am seeing in 2015 today. Like a preacher said "If GOD lets it continue on like it is going he is going to have to apologize to SODOM AND GOMORRAH"