School 1970 Vs School 2011
 

Don't you love the united states of Great Britain:cuckoo:

Scenario:
Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.

1970 - Crowd gathers. Johnny wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best mates for life.

2010 - Police called, arrests Johnny and Mark.. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Mark started it. Both children go to anger management programs for 3 months. School board hold meeting to impliment bullying prevention programs

Scenario:
Robbie won't Keep still in class, disrupts other students.

1970 - Robbie sent to office and given 6 of the best by the Headmasterl. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.

2010 - Robbie given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. Robbie's parents get fortnightly disability payments and School gets extra funding from state 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.

1970 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.

20010 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. Goverment psychologist tells Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison.

Scenario :
Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.

1970 - Mark gets glass of water from Teacher to take aspirin with.

2010 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.


Scenario :
Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from Guy Fawkes, puts them in a model airfix paint bottle, blows up an ant’s nest.

1970 - Ants die.

2010- Police, Armed Forces, & Anti-terrorism Squad called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, MI5 investigate parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated. Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

Scenario :
Johnny falls while running during break and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary . Mary hugs him to comfort him.

1970 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

2010 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.

It would be funny if not true

Hard this on TV last night: http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-cen...-safety-rules/

Health and safety and the PC brigade would be all well and good if no-one had any common sense or exercised good practice - as it is 99% of people do and we are all dragged down by a lot stupid inane laws and legislation and rules that are more often ott that not

some things dont get better with time.

Things like this remind me of a my old next door neighbour, both exceptionally lovely people and had a daughter and son. When their son was a nipper and the wife was making dinner a knife dropped off the counter and cut the child, rushed him to A&E and after that they no longer had a son as apparently they were neglecting the child and abusing him.

Their son was the same age as me and as a next door neighbour I spent a hell of alot of time in there house and company. They were great parents and a great people but because of one mistake this happened. A few years later I met the son again and he just wasn't the same person anymore.:(

Did he not pay attention in school either :D

:p

1970 - Johnny drives to school in his dad's souped up Escort with L plate on back and his sister, who has passed her test, acting as escort driver. Dad doesn't pay any extra for having his kids on his policy.

2011 - Johnny wants his independence and his own car but minor drug dealing doesn't pay that well and he can't afford the £2500 per annum insurance. So he nicks a car instead, is caught and has to do 20 community service. Dad doesn't care 'cos he's having it off with Johnny's PE teacher :D

dl

Get rid of the pinko PC Plonkers!

Les

It's a mad old world although I guess that the 1970's element is still true 99% of the time, you just don't hear about it :thumb:

TX.