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School 1960 vs. School 2007

Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school

1960 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up mates.

2007 - Police are called, Armed Response Unit arrives and arrests Johnny and Mark. Mobiles with video of fight confiscated as evidence. They are charged with assault, ASBOs are taken out and both are suspended even though Johnny started it. Diversionary conferences and parent meetings conducted. Video shown on 6 internet sites.

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

1960 - Jeffrey is sent to the principal's office and given 6 of the best. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.

2007 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. Counselled to death. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra funding because Jeffrey has a disability. Drops out of school.

Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbour's car and his Dad gives him the slipper

1960 - 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. Psychologist tells Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mum has an affair with the psychologist. Psychologist gets a promotion.

Scenario: Mark, a college student, brings cigarettes to school

1960 - Mark shares a smoke with the school principal out on the smoking area.

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

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

1960 - Ants die.

2007 - MI5 and police are called and Johnny is charged with perpertrating acts of 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 break and scrapes his knee. His teacher, Mary, finds him crying, and gives him a hug to comfort him

1960 - 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 prison. Johnny undergoes five years of therapy.

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Suzie

Sadly, true of life today.

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Imagination is everything, it is a preview of what is to become.

Sadly, how true.

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Happy Gardening,
Shirley

http://www.honeyjukes.co.uk

The 1960 version of Johnny is my Dad...

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Sarah

“Tell me one last thing,” said Harry. “Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?”
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”

mine too.....

its a sad but true statement of 21st century britain

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The love of gardening is a seed once sown never dies ...

This is what it has come to,
I am so glad that I was a 60's child, thank you to all the teachers who gave me a hug when I needed it most!

Loved that Piskie but as others have said, sad but true.

Duly pinched and passed on

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A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)

How very, very true - especially the Ritalin part which is my current hobby-horse. I can't believe that we're raising a generation of medicated kids, and worse that their parents seem to think that this is acceptable.

we could do with alot more 1960 and alot less PC , p.s how does johnny sit still in class after having six of the best.
we could also do with the policemen clouting afew of these yobs around there ear as it saves alot of paperwork and gives the bobby more time to catch criminals.

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ILFRACOMBE
NORTH DEVON

a seed planted today makes a meal tomorrow!

www.freewebs.com/carlseawolf

now in blog form ! UPDATED 01 / 04 / 08

Our Mahommed was called Danny. Brought up in this country, spoke perfect Swindonian .

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"I prefer rogues to imbeciles as they sometimes take a rest" (Alexander Dumas)

Just be thankfull that we live in the UK, most of the rest of the western world is far worse and as for the rest, I don't think I'm allowed to comment on them. Don't forget that the 50's and 60's are responsible for the idiots who are in power at the moment condoning this sad state of affairs.

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I you'st to have a Chocolate Labrador, but he sat by the fire and MELTED!

And mine! Told me how he and a few chums made a bomb out of a bike pump and blew up the long jump sandpit on his school field once. Wasn't keen on telling me and me sis exactly how he did it though....

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I'd rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

http://hollandsroadparadise.blogspot.com
updated 14 May 2008

www.bradleyroundtwo.blogspot.com

I have to say it - bring back the 60's.

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Et tū, quis es?

Both our sons were diagnosed with asthma and given inhalers as toddlers. As Madmax is asthmatic (because he was premature and has lots of allergies) we almost believed it. However, I refused to dose them with medication and instead took them to the family smallholding to spend time with goats, horses, dogs, cats, and whatever other 'germs' were to be found. Somewhere there is a lovely photo of mk1 son sound asleep in a pile of the 'clean' straw while my mum was mucking out stables! It turned out that the constant bronchitis they were suffering from (diagnosed as asthma) was caused by the damp in our council flat. We found out when we moved - we were taking the wardrobes out of the main bedroom and found the wall covered with mold. Since we moved out of there, neither son has had a wheeze or chest infection - other than the common cold.

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Happy Gardening,
Shirley

http://www.honeyjukes.co.uk

Thanks for sharing that with us Shirl, very heart warming and two fingers to the politically correct idiots who try to run our lives

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It's not the growing old I mind but the growing stupid with it!

at my freinds school teachers are not allowed to hug a child if he/she has fallen over which i think is sad, my son has behavioural problems and has a hard time with new things i.e. when his teacher has to be out of class for study. He adores his teacher and hugs her all the time, its does not bother me at all and she has told me he is no problem at all when she teaches him, its such a shame displines have changed so much, and to be honest alot of these problems have been around its just the media that high lights everything and how we always have to hear the bad, like the news for instance its become alot more graphic i much prefere sitting watching the local news where you get some cheesy feel good news about some commuity progress of some kitten thats been rescued, negative stuff far outways the postitive on our screens news just doesnt have to be all about the bad stuff surely

Haha. Very funny, I like that. The worlds gone crazy. Im 26 and even I think the change from when I was little is dramatic. Parents pander to their childs every wish and we are all paranoid beyond belief. When will the madness end!!

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Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup!

I'm glad i was a child of the sixties. My Dad died in 1961 when I was 6 and my Mum brought us three girls up on her own ( the eldest was 11 ) we never went without love and affection.
When my first marriage broke up I was left with 4 boys aged 4yrs - 13 yrs and Their dad wasn't around much so I was on my own. I got a part time Job but I was always there when they got home from school and in school holidays. After all I didn't have my kids to be brought up by someone else. Not all parents can afford to be at home now but I think you need to be. Employers need to be more flexible.
When my eldest son was 17 yrs I grounded him for a month just because he didn't like living under my rules he was allowed to go to college and to work and he had to give me his wages which I put in his bank account and he was able to go to Germany something he has always thanked me for doing. None of my boys have ever been in trouble, but neither were they angels.
Not all kids are the same and there are some fantastic ones out there but unfortunately are all tarred with the same brush.
Its time the governments helped kids who do no wrong not always those who do.
At my daughters school the ones who work hard are the ones who are rewarded, parents regularly get praise cards home for good work, she has been nominated twice for a silver reward and last term had a £10 voucher for outstanding extra curriculum work.
Its hard being a parent, too many kids fall into a trap thinking if they have a baby all will be well, then realise its not easy, they are only kids themselves,
You don't have to smack kids to make them understand.
Being a parent means unconditional love no matter what. But it doesnt give them the right to break the law or be disruptive in school.