British Expats - SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS

SCHOOL 1977 vs. SCHOOL 2007

Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.
1977 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up
buddies.
2007 - Police are called, SWAT team arrives and arrests Johnny and
Mark.
They are charged with assault and both are expelled even though Johnny
started it.
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Scenario: Jeffrey won't sit still in class, disrupts other students.
1977 - Jeffrey is sent to the principal's office and given a good
paddling.
Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2007 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested
for
ADD. School gets extra provincial funding because Jeffrey has a
disability.
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Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbour's car and his Dad
gives him
a spanking with his belt.
1977 - 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. State psychologist tells Billy's sister that she
remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's
mom has
an affair with the psychologist.
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Scenario: Pedro fails GCSE English.
1977 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.
2007 - Pedro's cause is taken up by local human rights group.Newspaper
articles appear nationally explaining that making English a requirement
for
graduation is racist. Civil Liberties Association files class action
lawsuit
against provincial school system and Pedro's English teacher. English
is
banned from core curriculum. Pedro is given his diploma anyway but ends
up
mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.
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Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover fireworks, puts them in a model
airplane and blows up an anthill.
1977 - Ants die.
2007 - Police and Bomb Squad are called and Johnny is charged with
domestic
terrorism. MI5 investigates 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.
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Scenario: Johnny falls during recess and scrapes his knee. His teacher,
Mary, finds him crying, and gives him a hug to comfort him.
1977 - Johnny soon feels better and goes back to playing.
2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and paedophile and
loses
her job. She faces three years in prison and life on the sex offender's
register. Johnny undergoes five years of therapy.

Ain't that the truth!