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From: Dr. Bradley P. Clark [mailto:barzini at att.net]
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 8:54 AM
To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;
Subject: 'School Days' - 1956 and 2006
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>> Scenario A:
>> Jack pulls into school parking lot with rifle in his
> gun rack.
>> 1956 - Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at J
> ack's rifle, then goes to his car and gets his rifle
> out 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.
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++
>> Scenario B:
>> Johnny punched Mark and then the two of them get into
> a fist fight after school.
>> 1956 - 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, SWAT team arrives, arrests
> Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both
> expelled---even though Johnny started it.
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> Scenario C:
>> Jeffrey won't sit stil l in class, often disrupts
> other students.
>> 1956 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good
> paddling by Principal.
> Sits still in class.
>> 2006 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes
> a zombie. School gets extra money from the State
> because Jeffrey has a disability.
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> Scenario D:
>> Billy breaks a window in his father's car, and his Dad
> gives him a good whipping.
>> 1956 - 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
> is removed to foster care and joins a gang. Billy's
> sister is told by state psychologist that now she
> remembers also being abused by the father, so thei r
> Dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has affair with the
> family psychologist.
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> Scenario E:
>> Mark gets a headache and takes some headache medicine
> to school.
>> 1956 - Mark's headache gets better and then goes away.
>> 2006 - School goes into lockdown. Police called, Mark
> expelled from school for drug violations. His car is
> searched for drugs and weapons.
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> Scenario F:
>> Mary turns up pregnant.
>> 1956 - 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 is
> given condoms and told to "be more careful next time".
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> Scenario G:
>> Pedro fails in high school English.
>> 1956 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English,
> and then goes on to college.
>> 2006 - Pedro's cause is taken up by the State
> Democratic party. 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. The class of English is
> banned from the core curriculum. Pedro is given a
> diploma anyway, but ends up mowing lawns for a living
> because he can't read or speak English.
>> +++++++++++++++++++++
>> Scenar io H:
>> Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the 4th
> of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle,
> and blows up a red ant hill.
>> 1956 - Lots of ants die.
>> 2006 - ATF, Homeland Security, and FBI called. Johnny
> charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates
> parents, siblings removed from the home, computers are
> confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list
> and is never allowed to fly on an airplane again.
>> +++++++++++++++++++++
>> Scenario I:
>> Johnny falls down, while running during recess, and
> scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher,
> Mary. Mary hugs him, to comfort him..
>> 1956 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes
> on playing.
>> 2006 - Mary is accused of b eing a sexual predator and
> loses her job. She faces 3 years in the State Prison.
>>>>____________________________________________________________________________
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