[BITList] Part 2 - HIGH SCHOOL -- 1957 vs. 2009

[John Feltham]

Scenario 5:

Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.

1957 - Mark shares his aspirin with the Principal out on the
smoking dock.

2009   - The police are called and Mark is expelled from
school for drug violations His car is then searched for drugs
and weapons.


Scenario 6:

Pedro fails high school English.

1957 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English and goes
to college.

2009 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles
appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a re-
uirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action
lawsuit against the state school system and Pedro's English
teacher.  English is then banned from core curriculum. Pedro
is given his diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a
living because he cannot speak English.


Scenario 7:

Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the Fourth of
July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows
up a red ant bed.

1957 - Ants die.

2009 - ATF, Homeland Security and the FBI are all called.
Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. The FBI investi-
gates his parents -- and all siblings are removed from
their home and all computers are confiscated. Johnny's dad
is placed on a terror watch list and is never allowed to
fly again.


Scenario 8:

Wally falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee.
He is found crying by his teacher, Nancy. Nancy hugs him to
comfort him.

1957 - In a short time, Wally feels better and goes on playing.

2009 - Nancy is accused of being a sexual predator and loses
her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison... Wally undergoes
5 years of therapy.




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