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I am 46 so I can relate to some of the earlier examples.......I laughed my ass off........AWESOME thread and basically true. I wonder how this will morph 60 years from now? I'm glad I won't be around to worry about it.
I laughed my ass off, because alot of it is true.
Kids these days - including many on this board have no idea what life was like before the technology age really took hold in the early to mid 90s.
All that ipod shit, inexpensive cell phones, insane video games didn't exist.
I wish they would take cell phones to a Non-Operational mode when in motion over 2mph.
Most of this sounded like treatment from the 50s up to the 90s. Our principle had a paddle. It sat on his bookshelf more of a scare tactic. I heard rumor of it being used once on a kid that needed it as he was being so obnoxious to staff and fellow students, he got a whack on the bottom.
There has to be a separation of abuse from discipline, but the level it has gone to today is absurd. A woman smacks her toddler on the bottom for making a scene in the store and escorts him out to the car - I see no issue with that.
If child has bruises, or seems skiddish from abuse - school faculty should step in, the school counselor should be asking questions, then take action.
The old saying "Dont cry wolf" should still hold paramount. If you got a smack on the bottom because you deserved it - thats one thing.
Coming home to a drunk and abusive family is another. Big difference.
It should be the school teaching the difference and educating kids not to cry wolf.
Absolutely no disrespect for folks on the board that had to go through physical abuse as a youngster, but you have to admit to some point that today's rules have gotten out of hand.
I had a teacher that was abusive, and when I didnt understand a problem, I walked up to ask him what I needed to do. He pushed me into the table next to him and I fell over it causing a big mess. Then he yelled at me for asking the question. It was 3rd grade.
I told my mom and dad about it, so they investigated. Turns out this guy had numerous anger issues and was later suspended - not because of my issue, but because of numerous events combined.
Prime example of today's society.
Woman is in Wal Mart with her youngster. Youngster is SCREAMING so loud while this woman is pushing her cart that you can hear it on the other side of the store.
Manager asks the woman to quiet her child - and she doesn't.
Screaming continues. Manager asks the woman to leave the store - and she doesnt.
Patrons start leaving the store upset.
All could have been cured by a light smack across the lips, with a "Stop it".
But, according to todays rules, that's child abuse. What a joke.
,,,,The more things change, the more they remain the same. When I was a teenager all the 25+ year olds were saying "Back in my day..." and "Kids today, they got no idea about work.. blah,blah,blah". Seems like little has really changed. Truer words have never been spoken.
Thirty years from now, the 45 yo guys will be saying how back in the day they had discipline and these days the kids just want a free ride.
The young people I know in my family and our friend's families are overwhelmingly good and decent, normal kids.
Not so long ago for me.
I was paddled in elementary school for not having my homework in 2nd or 3rd grade (I had it but couldn't find it.) I made an effort to be more organized after that. I was also paddled in kindergarten, but I can't remember what for.
My Mother beat my tail whenever she thought I was out of line, if I wasn't still there was no telling where the belt would land... My Father only had to look at me for me to know I was in DEEP trouble and if I cried out popped the old phrase, "do you want me to give you something to cry about?"
Out of those punishments I learned to behave.
I'm not saying any of those things were right, but they worked.
You have to laugh at this or you would cry at our stupidity!!!
HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED !!
HIGH SCHOOL -- 1957 vs. 2009
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.
2009 - 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.
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.
2009 - Police called and SWAT team arrives -- they arrest both Johnny and Mark. They are both charged with assault and both expelled even though Johnny started it.
Scenario 3:
Jeffrey will not sit 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.
2009 - 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.
2009 - 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 aspirin with the Principal out on the smoking dock.
2009-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.
2009- 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.
2009- 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:
Wally falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Nancy. Nancy hugs him to comfort him.
1957 -In a short time, Wally feels better and goes on playing.
2009 - Nancy is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison... Wally undergoes 5 years of therapy.