Probably been posted before, but...


HIGH SCHOOL --1957 vs. 2008 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..

2008 - 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.

2008 - Police called and SWAT team arrives -- they arrest both Johnny and Mark. They are both charged them 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.

2008 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. He becomes a zombie. He is then tested for ADD. The school gets extra money from the state 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.

2008 - 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 aspiri n with the Principal out on the smoking dock..

2008 - 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.

2008 - 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.

2008 - 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.

2008 - 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.

probably on the wrong forum, is there one for ,"Truth"?

I remember always carrying a pocket knife, and always having a gun in my truck during hunting season. Showing off a new gun in the parking lot after school was common. We had a math teacher that was a fanatical pheasant and quail hunter, we would bring guns and go hunting with him after school. Matter fact, I still hunt with him occasionally.

Hey, I'm not even THAT OLD, and things have changed. I remember shooting .22's on the junior high rifle team. Teacher's took us to the range after school. We all brought our guns to school with us.

In high school, the local gunsmith offered a "nightclass" on building muzzleloading firearms. We used the high school wood shop, and all built 50 cal muzzleloaders from barrel blanks, raw maple stock blanks (Planks) and asorted parts from the Dixie catalog. Complete guns were routinely left at the school between classes.

It is a sorry state we are now in...

Bill

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t is a sorry state we are now in...

Brought to us by liberals, PETA, HSUS and the Democorrupt Party...

good 'ol water valley texas class of 1976.... carried pocketknives, had centerfire rifles in gunracks of pickups in the parking lots... tried to make a gunstock for a .410 singleshot... carried it to and from school on the bus.... those were the days!!!!

In the Texas Hill Country, opening day of deer season was a holiday. No more. (it wasn't always a Saturday)

I know this account will be hard to believe for the younger readers here, but it is absolutley true. I know, because I was the shooter.

As I recall, it was 1959, my sophomore year at Mercer Island H. S., Mercer Island, Washington, sometimes referred to as "The Rock". An evening of music and various presentations was planned in the multi-purpose room for parents and friends. The chorus sang, the band played, and there were some skits. My friend D. G. (No, it doesn't stand for dangerous game, but it could have.) and I planned a humorous skit. I don't recall the details, but it ended with him throwing a rubber chicken from the raised stage into the audience as I blasted it using blanks from my great grandfather's Ithaca 12 ga double. The room was darkened, and the ceiling was concave, so the noise and flash were quite impressive.

We were probably spoken to harshly for not obtaining permission for the act, but I don't recall any serious disciplinary actions. Times have certainly changed, haven't they?