Words of Wisdom

Youth is wasted on the young.

Friday 18 May 2007

Subject: ChildDiscipline1960~v~ 200

This from a like minded flaming friend.



Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.

1960 - 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: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.

1960 - 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 because Jeffrey has a disability.



Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from Halloween,
puts them in a bottle, blows up a red ant hill.

1960- Ants die. *

2006 - Fire Department and police called. Johnny charged with
domestic terrorism, Government investigates parents, siblings removed
from home, computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list.

*(Johnny having sensibly stood well back from the ant hill and worn protective goggles)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

hhahha too funny