WE SURE HAVE COME A LONG WAY!

[Enlighten one :) 5]

Yeah... Those were days when all was blowing in the wind ..

WE SURE HAVE COME A LONG WAY!

School 1967 vs. School 2007

Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.

1967 - Vice principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his own shotgun to show Jack.

2007 - School goes into lockdown, the FBI is called, Jack is hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors are called in to assist traumatized students and teachers.

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

1967 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.

2007 - Police are called, SWAT team arrives and arrests Johnny and Mark. They are charged with assault and both are expelled even though Johnny started it.

Scenario: Jeffrey won't sit still in class, disrupts other students.

1967 - Jeffrey is sent to the principal's office and given a good paddling. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.

2007 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra state funding because Jeffrey has a disability.

Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.

1967 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.

2007 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is removed to 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 an affair with the psychologist.

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

1967 - Mark shares Aspirin with the school principal out on the smoking dock.

2007 - Police are called and Mark is expelled from School for drug violations. His car is searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario: Pedro fails high-school English.

1967 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.

2007 - Pedro's cause is taken up by local human rights group. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that making English a requirement for graduation is racist. U.S. Civil Liberties Association files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English is banned from core curriculum. Pedro is given his diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.

Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover Independence Day firecrackers, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up an anthill.

1967 - Ants die.

2007 - Homeland Security and the FBI are called and Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. teams investigate parents, siblings are removed from the home, computers are confiscated, and Johnny's dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

Scenario: Johnny falls during recess and scrapes his knee. His teacher, Mary, finds him crying, and gives him a hug to comfort him.

1967 - Johnny soon feels better and goes back to playing.

2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces three years in federal prison. Johnny undergoes five years of therapy.

[Nagishkaw 510]

And that's the way it is and was!

[Empress of Groovy 373]

Yes, if only more kids were whipped with belts and beaten down at the principal's office, we'd have a near utopia!

[Alex+R 0]

Yes, if only more kids were whipped with belts and beaten down at the principal's office, we'd have a near utopia!

My reaction exactly!

[eric&gen 0]

Kids are too spoiled now.

[Alhamdulillah 0]

Yes, if only more kids were whipped with belts and beaten down at the principal's office, we'd have a near utopia!

Oh, you meant that sarcastically?

[Ban Hammer 13,347]

Yes, if only more kids were whipped with belts and beaten down at the principal's office, we'd have a near utopia!

laugh if you want but that might be the solution.

of couse, nowadays child protective services, the police, and the news crew would show up if you did.

welcome to liberal, usa

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

So sad and so true. How I long for the carefree days when people were human.

[Nagishkaw 510]

There are very few woodshed's these days.

[Empress of Groovy 373]

I feel cheated that I didn't have a chance to share aspirin with my principal out on the smoking deck.

[Alhamdulillah 0]

Yes, if only more kids were whipped with belts and beaten down at the principal's office, we'd have a near utopia!

laugh if you want but that might be the solution.

of couse, nowadays child protective services, the police, and the news crew would show up if you did.

welcome to liberal, usa

I don't know if this is country-wide but 'round here it's "no bruise, no abuse"

[GaryC 7]

When I was a kid the teachers and principal had paddling as a punishment. The paddlings were public and usually in front of the class. Guess what happend when a student got one? First he usually got another one when he got home and second the infraction didn't happen again! We need to bring back paddlings. They are an effective way to deal with misbehaving and IMO is not abuse. We are raising a generation of spoiled brats.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

When I was a kid the teachers and principal had paddling as a punishment. The paddlings were public and usually in front of the class. Guess what happend when a student got one? First he usually got another one when he got home and second the infraction didn't happen again! We need to bring back paddlings. They are an effective way to deal with misbehaving and IMO is not abuse. We are raising a generation of spoiled brats.

I don't know. We had 'em too back when I was in school, but it was really only the trouble makers who got paddled. Those children who have behavioral problems show signs of it early in development and they are often mimicking behavior from home (father beats up mom and/or the kids). Job (son) talks about this kid in his class, Malachi, who is constantly rowdy and getting in trouble with the teacher. Last week he just threw his lunch box up in the air because he wanted to. His punishment was to write, "I will not throw my lunch box" twenty five times. I don't think spanking him with a paddle would be any more effective. The behavior is usually aggressive and is often a learned aggression from home.

[GaryC 7]

When I was a kid the teachers and principal had paddling as a punishment. The paddlings were public and usually in front of the class. Guess what happend when a student got one? First he usually got another one when he got home and second the infraction didn't happen again! We need to bring back paddlings. They are an effective way to deal with misbehaving and IMO is not abuse. We are raising a generation of spoiled brats.

I don't know. We had 'em too back when I was in school, but it was really only the trouble makers who got paddled. Those children who have behavioral problems show signs of it early in development and they are often mimicking behavior from home (father beats up mom and/or the kids). Job (son) talks about this kid in his class, Malachi, who is constantly rowdy and getting in trouble with the teacher. Last week he just threw his lunch box up in the air because he wanted to. His punishment was to write, "I will not throw my lunch box" twenty five times. I don't think spanking him with a paddle would be any more effective. The behavior is usually aggressive and is often a learned aggression from home.

It's not a cure all but it does deal with the normal adolecent misbehavour problems. Of course there are exceptions. But the threat of a public spanking was usually enough to get me to behave.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

It's not a cure all but it does deal with the normal adolecent misbehavour problems. Of course there are exceptions. But the threat of a public spanking was usually enough to get me to behave.

Were you a problem child?