School
Days In 1957 vs School Days Now 2007
From Emma Laura Davis
1.
Scenario :
Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into
School parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.
1957 - Vice principal comes over to look at Jack's shotgun. He goes
To his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2007 - School goes into lock down, and FBI is called. Jack is hauled
Off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in
For traumatized students and teachers.
2. Scenario: Johnny
and Mark get into a fistfight after school.
1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end
Up best friends.
2007 - Police called. SWAT team arrives. Johnny and Mark are
Arrested and charged with assault. Both are expelled even though Johnny
Started it.
3. Scenario: Jeffrey
won't be still in class, disrupts other
Students.
1957 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the Principal. He returns to class, sits still, and does not disrupt class
Again.
2007 - Jeffrey is diagnosed with ADD and given huge doses of
Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. School gets extra money from state because
Jeffrey has a learning disability.
4. Scenario:
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, goes to college,
And becomes a successful businessman.
2007 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is placed in
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.
5. Scenario: Mark
gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
1957 - Mark shares aspirin with principal out on the smoking dock.
2007 - Police called. Mark is expelled from school for drug
Violations. C ar is searched for drugs and weapons.
6. Scenario:
Pedro fails high school English.
1957 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.
2007 - 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 is
Given a diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he
Cannot speak English.
7. Scenario: Johnny
takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of
July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant
Bed.
1957 - Ants die.
2007 - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Homeland Security,
And FBI called. Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. The FBI
Investigates parents; siblings are removed from home; computers
Confiscated. Johnn y's dad goes on a terror watch list and is never
allowed to fly
Again.
8. Scenario: Johnny
falls while running during recess and scrapes
His knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Betty. Betty hugs him to
Comfort him.
1957 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2007 - Betty is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her
Job. She faces three years in state prison. Johnny undergoes five years
Of therapy