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School - 1957 vs. 2019
Scenario :
Johnny and Mark get into a fight after school.
1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best friends.
2019 - Police called, and they arrest Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it. Both children go to anger management programmes for 3 months. School governors hold meeting to implement bullying prevention programmes.
Scenario :
Robbie won't be still in class, disrupts other students.
1957 - Robbie sent to the office and given six of the best by the head. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2019 - Robbie given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADHD – result deemed to be positive. Robbie's parents get fortnightly disability payments and school gets extra funding from government because Robbie has a disability.
Scenario :
Billy breaks a window in his neighbour'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.
2019 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care; joins a gang; ends up in jail.
Scenario :
Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
1957 - Mark gets glass of water from Principal to take aspirin with. Passes exams, becomes a solicitor.
2019 - Police called, car searched for drugs and weapons. Mark expelled from school for drug taking. Ends up as a drop out.
Scenario :
Johnny takes apart leftover fireworks from Guy Fawkes night, puts them in a paint tin & blows up a wasp's nest.
1957 - Wasps die.
2019- Police & Anti-Terrorism Squad called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, investigate parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated. Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly in an airplane again.
Scenario :
Johnny falls over while running during morning break and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. She hugs him to comfort him.
1957 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing footie. No damage done.
2019 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy and ends up a paedophile.==================================
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5th Apr 2019 7:19 pm
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5th Apr 2019 7:31 pm
lynalldiscovery
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Just imagine what it will be like in another few decades
5th Apr 2019 8:01 pm
Charliecloud
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It would be funny - alas it's very near the truth
5th Apr 2019 8:30 pm
John P
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Yes, that would be funny, but it's to close to the truth. And for me that wasn't in 1957. I had six of the best in the late 70's.
And for me that wasn't in 1957. I had six of the best in the late 70's.
hey … what you and your other half get up to in private is your own business.
5th Apr 2019 9:23 pm
moorman
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Not to mention the gender neutral situation
5th Apr 2019 9:33 pm
discovery1953
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Sh*t....................
I remember that
6th Apr 2019 5:39 am
RRSTDV8
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1957: Everyone looked forward to a bright future of social, scientific and technological progress.
2019: Everyone has given up on the future and instead looks back to the past with rose tinted glasses.
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6th Apr 2019 9:24 am
Geoff at Drym
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I was at school in 1957 and Mogwyth is absolutely spot on with his report. Although in my case it was six of whatever shoe you had on. 2007 Disco3 2.7 tdv6 SE
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kajtzu
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You forgot this one:
1957: school bully gets a whopping and probably doesn’t do it again, ever
2019: victim must apologize to the bully and must change school
6th Apr 2019 10:10 am
RRSTDV8
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Geoff at Drym wrote:
I was at school in 1957 and Mogwyth is absolutely spot on with his report. Although in my case it was six of whatever shoe you had on.
I was at school late 70s-80s and we would get 6 with a trainer, or slipper, if caught out of bed. Someone did get a running shoe by mistake. Running spikes are short but "effective"!
To be honest, 6 with a trainer is less of a punishment than a detention or lines. The former is over in seconds and you get on with your day. The latter two take up precious free time after lessons.Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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6th Apr 2019 1:25 pm
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Like others I would laugh......but it is too close to the truth
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RRSTDV8
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Re: School - 1957 vs. 2019
Mogwyth wrote:
[b]Scenario :
Robbie won't be still in class, disrupts other students.
1957 - Robbie sent to the office and given six of the best by the head. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2019 - Robbie given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADHD – result deemed to be positive. Robbie's parents get fortnightly disability payments and school gets extra funding from government because Robbie has a disability.
When I was a nipper in the 70s I was a fidget in class. Turns out I was reacting to an E number in the orange squash we drank at the time. Parents read about it, changed our squash to avoid the E number. I believe the E number was later banned / removed because it causes such issues. Six of the best wouldn't have helped.Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
Yes, that would be funny, but it's to close to the truth. And for me that wasn't in 1957. I had six of the best in the late 70's.
My grandfather was a headmaster (in W Sussex - was it you?) at that time. If one person was given the slipper the whole school behaved perfectly for weeks. He once let off a child who had been sent to his office for the slipper but had stood so perfectly still between two filing cabinets he went un-noticed for about an hour. Firm but fair.
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