Scenario: Jack pulls into the parking lot at school with rifle in gun rack.

1973 - Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack's rifle, goes to his car and gets his to show Jack.
2006 - School goes into lockdown, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.
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Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
1973 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.
2006 - Police called, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.
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Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.
1973 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by Principal. Sits still in class.
2006 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.
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Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his father's car and his Dad gives him a whipping.
1973 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.
2006 - Billy's Dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. Billy's sister is told by state psychologist that she remembers being abused herself and their Dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has affair with psychologist.
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Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some headache medicine to school.
1973 - Mark shares headache medicine with Principal out on the smoking dock.
2006 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.
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Scenario: Mary turns up pregnant.
1973 - Five High School Boys leave town. Mary does her senior year at a special school for expectant mothers.
2006 - Middle School Counselor calls Planned Parenthood, who notifies the ACLU. Mary is driven to the next state over and gets an abortion without her parent's consent or knowledge. Mary given condoms and told to be more careful next time.
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Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.
1973 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.
2006 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state democratic party. 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. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he can't speak English.
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Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.
1973 - Ants die.
2006 - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.
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Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary, hugs him to comfort him.
1973 - In a short time Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2006 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces three years in State Prison.

That ain't no joke.

sounds to me like the bush administration needs to be reformed.

Although I wasn't born until 1979 I know that is the truth. I was in school during the time they made it illegal to bring guns on school property. There was so much difference in the older teachers and the younger ones.

Very true and also very sad.

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That ain't no joke.

Amen!

I graduated from HS in 1976. My boy in 2004. The things he got in trouble for the VERY strict principal at my school would have laughed along with... or whacked you in the back of the head for.

Had my boy done the things I did in HS he wouldn't be eligible for parole for many years to come! Sad, sad, sad...

funny.

In my schooldays in 2000-2003, (secondary school) I brought atleat 3 guns to school at differnt times. And I had teachers and the principal comming over to check it out. See the action, grade the scope etc.... had it right there in the classroom. right there in socialist Norway.

It was more practical to bring the gun to school, on the bus, then go to the gunshop in my break to get stuff fixed. Never had a problem. Never brought any ammo....

(My principal was on the same hunting team as me)

Johan

I guess all you can do is shake your head and laugh. I graduated in '69. One time a few of us were sent to the high school principal's office. If they'd only sent one of us I'm sure that individual would have sat patiently waiting for the principal, but three of us? NFW. We found a Chief's Special and a bottle of vodka (3/4 full) in the same drawer. One of my junior high teachers was a retired Maine/Canadian border guard; he kept a .38 in an inside-the-pants holster. We naturally assumed that most of our male teachers were armed (as did our parents). It was no big deal to take a gun to school as long as you let a teacher know you had it. BTW, all twelve grades were in the same building near the common.