I received this today from one of my good Christian friends. He and his wife Home school their daughter and when he heard we were going to be homeschooling Olena he sent this to me. I found it to be interesting and thought some of you would too...
SCHOOL; THEN AND NOW
Scenario:
Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.
1958: Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2008: School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.
Scenario:
Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.
1958: Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2008: Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.
Scenario:
Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
1958: Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.
2008: Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has affair with psychologist.
Scenario:
Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
1958: Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.
2008: Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.
Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.
1958: Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.
2008: 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 state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.
Scenario:
Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.
1958: Ants die.
2008: BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates 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 recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1958: In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2008: Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.
*I heard about incident such as this last week and it really bothered me. I came home and told J about it and told him the schools now a days are ridiculous. My bosses daughter is currently student teaching and she is with a 2nd grade class. She came into our office last week and during our chat she was telling me about how these kids, the things they say and do (believe me, you don't want me getting into this) but the story that did catch my attention was when she told me how several of students end up spending the day with their pants unbuttoned and unzipped...why you ask?? because when they ask her for help, she tells them NO.
NO -because the law does not allow her to touch her students in that way? I was dumbfounded . I asked her " in what way would you be touching them if your just helping them with their pants?" She freaked out and said OMG you are never allowed to touch them because it will probably become a sexual charge. All I could think to myself is how awful this is, and what has this world come too that we have to let our children walk around school with their pants undone because the teacher is not allowed to help them at the age of ONLY 6??? I remember before we decided to home school I was reading another families blog and the mom was talking about this very thing. She said her boy had a wedgie (haha) and while he had his hands buried down the back of his pants they come undone, so she had to fix it. She then wrote "if he was in school, who would have done that?" I thought to myself, how silly. He is only 5/6 years old, the teacher of course. Boy was I clueless. Good thing I am not a teacher because I would have lost my job years ago. Forgive me, but I would be damned if I let my student walk around all day with his clothes half off because I wasn't allowed to offer my assistance when I am the only adult to help. Maybe they should call the parents and tell them they have to come in and take care of it.
Thank goodness for Homeschooling I guess!
SCHOOL; THEN AND NOW
Scenario:
Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.
1958: Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2008: School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.
Scenario:
Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.
1958: Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2008: Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.
Scenario:
Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
1958: Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.
2008: Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has affair with psychologist.
Scenario:
Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
1958: Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.
2008: Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.
Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.
1958: Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.
2008: 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 state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.
Scenario:
Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.
1958: Ants die.
2008: BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates 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 recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1958: In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2008: Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.
*I heard about incident such as this last week and it really bothered me. I came home and told J about it and told him the schools now a days are ridiculous. My bosses daughter is currently student teaching and she is with a 2nd grade class. She came into our office last week and during our chat she was telling me about how these kids, the things they say and do (believe me, you don't want me getting into this) but the story that did catch my attention was when she told me how several of students end up spending the day with their pants unbuttoned and unzipped...why you ask?? because when they ask her for help, she tells them NO.
NO -because the law does not allow her to touch her students in that way? I was dumbfounded . I asked her " in what way would you be touching them if your just helping them with their pants?" She freaked out and said OMG you are never allowed to touch them because it will probably become a sexual charge. All I could think to myself is how awful this is, and what has this world come too that we have to let our children walk around school with their pants undone because the teacher is not allowed to help them at the age of ONLY 6??? I remember before we decided to home school I was reading another families blog and the mom was talking about this very thing. She said her boy had a wedgie (haha) and while he had his hands buried down the back of his pants they come undone, so she had to fix it. She then wrote "if he was in school, who would have done that?" I thought to myself, how silly. He is only 5/6 years old, the teacher of course. Boy was I clueless. Good thing I am not a teacher because I would have lost my job years ago. Forgive me, but I would be damned if I let my student walk around all day with his clothes half off because I wasn't allowed to offer my assistance when I am the only adult to help. Maybe they should call the parents and tell them they have to come in and take care of it.
Thank goodness for Homeschooling I guess!
Comments
Johnny brings pot to school and puts it in his locker. Principal catches him, calls the police and has Johnny arrested.
1958 - Johnny's parents leave him to suffer the consequences, pay his own bail and then they ground him for a year.
1996 - Johnny's mom comes up to the school, lays into the principal for calling the cops on her baby, says he's been framed, bails him out of jail and takes his side. Johnny grows up to become a permanant juvenile delinquent who won't take responsibility for his own actions.