School 1970 V 2010

Stinicker

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.

This is a an example of political correctness gone mad and rules and regulations are destroying our society.

squod

In before Bassett.................

Hazys

Stinicker wrote: »

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.

Is the therapy for Johnny, recieving High-5s from his peers and everybody saying "NNNNNiiiiiiccccceeeee"?

mikemac

Yeah, that email has been going around for a few weeks now

Think we have a humour fourm here somewhere for jokes

brummytom

Stinicker wrote: »

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

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[/COLOR]

You forgot the part where the dinnerladies gather round watching, laughing and cheering until the teachers come outside, where they start blowing their whistles.

Roomic Cube

ahh the millenium

Sanjuro

I would imagine it went something like this-

1970- Kids and teenagers sit around their living rooms waiting for the internet to be invented.

2010- Kids and teenagers sit around their living rooms perusing boards.ie

Mr. Rager

Ah, finally not a crappy thread about crap.

NoHornJan

Ah! The age old question.

Spare the rod and spoil the child,
or
Spoil the child and spare the rod.

Earthhorse

You're right OP, it's a disgrace!

This is 2010, schools should really be being run by our cyborg superiors at this stage.

Prof.Badass

I was with you untill you started celebrating capital punishment.....

Also;

Stinicker wrote: »

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 payments and School gets extra funding from state because Robbie has a disability.

Robbie given huge doses of ritalin. Becomes a dealer. Robbie gets fortnightly payments because other kids want to snort his drugs.

:pac:

4zn76tysfajdxp

Yeah, well, maybe if Johnny, Mark, Robbie and Billy had the police called on them earlier they wouldn't have been held back in school for forty years.

Nolanger

1970 Johnny does best in the Leaving Cert

2010 Mary does best in the Leaving Cert

Parsley

NoHornJan wrote: »

Ah! The age old question.

Spare the rod and spoil the child,
or
Spoil the child and spare the rod.

the same thing, no?

RolandIRL

Sanjuro wrote: »

I would imagine it went something like this-

1970- Kids and teenagers sit around their living rooms waiting for the internet to be invented.

2010- Kids and teenagers sit around their living rooms perusing boards.ie porn

FYP

Pace2008

Where's the bit about Johnny being physically abused by faculty back in 1970?

Glenster

Stinicker wrote: »

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

1970 -Robbie sent to office and is sexually assaulted by the priest that runs the school. Robbie reports this to the authorities but they tell him to "stop making trouble". Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.

2010 - Robbie given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. eats brains.

FYP

eimearcmh

2010-Priest still runs the school...most of them anyhows.

eimearcmh

Stinicker wrote: »

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

2010 -Johnny parents take him out of school and homeschool him. Mark is seen by a psychologist and labeled ODD. He gets put into a special class with other kids. Each day he gets to spend a few hours with a special teacher. The teacher records every movement in her little book.

BigBenRoeth

Glenster wrote: »

FYP

ROFL,hero!

boardgirl

1980s-was beaten with wooden rod at 5yrs old for running around the table when a parent called in to talk to the teacher. Older brother of 12yrs runs away for 5 days due to the thumps he and his fellow classmates recieved from their teacher.
Teacher goes on to become principal and my family moves house and we change school.
Older brother has still got 'issues' to this day.

2010-Teacher even contemplates violence as a punishment and is up to their eyeballs in sh&t and legal proceedings.
Teacher is fired and child recieves therapy for any trauma.

hmmm...;)

ascanbe

Yes. Those hypothetical situations you've imagined certainly prove to you that you are right in believing 'political-correctness has gone mad' and rules are ruining society.

Edit: read the last few properly and can now only assume that this is satirical.

boardgirl

ascanbe who are you talking to here?

ascanbe

boardgirl wrote: »

ascanbe who are you talking to here?

Just throwing it out there into the ether, shouting into the void etc...nah, just kidding. My initial response was to the original poster and my edit was, i suppose, me talking to myself.

AnonoBoy

Where's the Rolling Stones versus Ke$ha comparison?

boardgirl

or right sorry I thought you were trying to tell me I imagined being hit by a teacher when I was five!

ascanbe

boardgirl wrote: »

or right sorry I thought you were trying to tell me I imagined being hit by a teacher when I was five!

No problem.
In keeping with the theme outlined on Page 1 of After Hours tonight, it was just an little missunderstanding and i'm not in search of a boards nemesis.

Owwmykneecap

Stinicker wrote: »

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

Jesus op copy pasta mucha?
That **** belongs in an email. fwd fwd fwd re: must see lol school.

boardgirl

lol:pac:

Time for my own (slanted) take on this, just to prove how idiotic the original post is.

1970 - A black child joins the class and is subjected to constant harassment by the completely white student and staff population. Teachers take the liberty of making occasional snide remarks about his race.

2010 - A black child joins the class and makes friends within a day. He is doted on by his teacher, who is a single white mother in her mid-20s.


1970 - Michelle misbehaves in class and is severely beaten by a headmaster with a disturbing lust for discipline.

2010 - The headmaster is arrested and put on trial for child abuse.


1970 - Johnny is raped by his school's chaplain and lives the rest of his life with psychological trauma, never seeing justice as the priest dies and the church systematically covers it up with help from the state.

2010 - Johnny is raped by his school's chaplain. The priest is sentenced to 30 years in prison and his reputation destroyed forever. The case becomes a vitriolic subject among the population, who spit his name with the most utter contempt and disgust.


1970 - God exists. If you do not believe in God, you will go to hell. If you renounce Him, enjoy your expulsion and disownment.

2010 - Some people believe in a god, and some don't. You can listen to this religion stuff if you want, but it's your choice. You might only be a child, but you can be a sceptic and an atheist and there are plenty of people who will support you if you don't believe in the supernatural. The Catholic Church, once unofficial rulers of Ireland, is crippled, and no longer controls children's minds.

AnonoBoy

Deleted User wrote: »

Time for my own (slanted) take on this, just to prove how idiotic the original post is.

1970 - A black child joins the class and is subjected to constant harassment by the completely white student and staff population. Teachers take the liberty of making occasional snide remarks about his race.

2010 - A black child joins the class and makes friends within a day. He is doted on by his teacher, who is a single white mother in her mid-20s.

You know what? A black child in Ireland in 1970 would have been almost a novelty - they would have met with less discrimination that they would nowadays I'd say.

Rockn

Stinicker wrote: »

This is a an example of political correctness gone mad and rules and regulations are destroying our society.

More like an example of hyperbole gone mad.

Dravokivich

AnonoBoy wrote: »

You know what? A black child in Ireland in 1970 would have been almost a novelty - they would have met with less discrimination that they would nowadays I'd say.

And an even more odd thing about that, remember reading once (honestly not too sure on the source) but alot of slave trading with the blacks (meant descriptively not racially) went through and was based in Ireland...

I always thought it was mad in Blazing Saddles when they said "No Irish" and a load of black people got flustered...

Pace2008

Just realised all these scenarious seem distinclty American and very unlikely to happen in Britain, let alone Ireland, despite the references to British institutions. A lazy case of find/replace, methinks, and an even lazier post from the OP.

MultiUmm

Deleted User wrote: »

1970 - God exists. If you do not believe in God, you will go to hell. If you renounce Him, enjoy your expulsion and disownment.

2010 - Some people believe in a god, and some don't. You can listen to this religion stuff if you want, but it's your choice. You might only be a child, but you can be a sceptic and an atheist and there are plenty of people who will support you if you don't believe in the supernatural. The Catholic Church, once unofficial rulers of Ireland, is crippled, and no longer controls children's minds.

Unfortunately, the 1970 version still exists in many schools, perhaps minus the part about going to hell. We're a long way off this lovely 2010 version.

Sure look how hard it is for non-catholic children to get into primary schools which aren't secular ffs. :rolleyes:

Einhard

Ah those fights in school were great. Big crowd standing around the two pugilists chanting "Row, row, real, real row" as loudly as possible, and then wondering how the teachers found out so soon!

NoHornJan

Parsley wrote: »

the same thing, no?

Was asking which was better,
1970 rules,
or
2010 rules.

BlitzKrieg

If you long for the school life of the 1950s perhaps

head for mississipi: http://gawker.com/5623138/middle-school-segregates-class-elections-by-race

Thinking about running for eighth grade class president at Mississippi's Nettleton Middle School? Are you white? Because only white kids can run for president. Black kids can be vice-president, though! But only black kids.

pvt6zh395dqbrj

1970: Go to school, get into college, become a structural engineer.

2010: Go to schoo, get into college, become a structural engineer, rob a bank and go to Fox River Prison...

I know which I prefer.

Brendog

Its so ****...

Theres something wrong with kids today that makes them think if they get into a fight, its to the death.

If you get into a fight with someone, you throw a few digs and the better man wins. Shake hands and **** off.
Not show up the next day and stick a knife in him. What does that actually prove?

The amount of times I've seen people exchange words outside a pub and then theres a knife pointed at them.
What is the actual point?

flyton5

Dravokivich wrote: »

I always thought it was mad in Blazing Saddles when they said "No Irish" and a load of black people got flustered...

Harumph!!

SuperGrover

Einhard wrote: »

Ah those fights in school were great. Big crowd standing around the two pugilists chanting "Row, row, real, real row" as loudly as possible, and then wondering how the teachers found out so soon!

Ours went "A,G. A,G,R. A,G,R,O. AGRO!"

Celly Smunt

AnonoBoy wrote: »

You know what? A black child in Ireland in 1970 would have been almost a novelty - they would have met with less discrimination that they would nowadays I'd say.

my grandad used to tell me how he'd always see phil lynott playing football when he was on his way home from work and all the kids couldn't get enough of him and how he'd always remember him (in a good way) because he was black,i always found that a cool story to be told by a grandad

The Agogo

flyton5 wrote: »

Harumph!!

..pfft. Racist.

flyton5

The Agogo wrote: »

..pfft. Racist.

Not me...I believe it is you sir who is a racist...

sock puppet

Why do people always circulate this same joke every year as if the changing years make it different?

Run_to_da_hills

1970 School kids swapped football cards, match box cars and various comics.

2010 School kids swap illegal movies, games and MP3 downloads.

RolandIRL

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

1970 School kids swapped football cards, match box cars and various comics.

2010 School kids swap illegal movies, games and MP3 downloads.

and porn on their mobiles, don't forget :P

eimearcmh

whiteman19 wrote: »

and porn on their mobiles, don't forget :P

Your talking about secondary school there i would hope!!!

Pace2008

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

1970 School kids swapped football cards, match box cars and various comics.

Kids still swap football cards and stickers.

Gary4279

1970: Those leaving school face unemployment, tough access to 3rd level education and possible emigration.

2010: Those leaving school face unemployment, tough access to 3rd level education and possible emigration.

Same ****, different decade.