Scenario:
Jack
pulls
into
school
parking
lot
with
rifle
in
gun
rack.
1973
- Vice
Principal
comes
over,
takes
a
look
at
Jack's
rifle,
goes
to
his
car
and
gets
his
to
show
Jack.
2006
- 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.
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Scenario:
Johnny
and
Mark
get
into
a
fist
fight
after
school.
1973
- Crowd
gathers.
Mark
wins.
Johnny
and
Mark
shake
hands
and
end
up
best
friends.
Nobody
goes
to
jail,
nobody
arrested,
nobody
expelled.
2006
- Police
called,
SWAT
team
arrives,
arrests
Johnny
and
Mark.
Charge
them
with
assault,
both
expelled
even
though
Johnny
started
it.
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Scenario:
Jeffrey
won't
be
still
in
class,
disrupts
other
students.
1973
- Jeffrey
sent
to
office
and
given
a
good
paddling
by
Principal.
Sits
still
in
class.
2006
- Jeffrey
given
huge
doses
of
Ritalin.
Becomes
a
zombie.
school
gets
extra
money
from
state
because
Jeffrey
has a
disability.
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Scenario:
Billy
breaks
a
window
in
his
father's
car
and
his
Dad
gives
him a
whipping.
1973
- Billy
is
more
careful
next
time,
grows
up
normal,
goes
to
college,
and
becomes
a
successful
businessman.
2006
- Billy's
Dad
is
arrested
for
child
abuse.
Billy
removed
to
foster
care
and
joins
a
gang.
Billy's
sister
is
told
by
state
psychologist
that
she
remembers
being
abused
herself
and
their
Dad
goes
to
prison.
Billy's
mom
has
affair
with
psychologist.
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Scenario:
Mark
gets
a
headache
and
takes
some
headache
medicine
to
school.
1973
- Mark
shares
headache
medicine
with
Principal
out
on
the
smoking
dock.
2006
- Police
called,
Mark
expelled
from
school
for
drug
violations.
Car
searched
for
drugs
and
weapons.
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Scenario:
Mary
turns
up
pregnant.
1973
- 5
High
School
boys
join
the
Army.
Mary
does
her
senior
year
at a
special
school
for
expectant
mothers.
2006
- Middle
School
Counselor
calls
Planned
Parenthood,
who
notifies
the
ACLU.
Mary
is
driven
to
the
next
state
over
and
gets
an
abortion
without
her
parent's
consent
or
knowledge.
May
given
condoms
and
told
to be
more
careful
next
time.
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Scenario:
Pedro
fails
high
school
English.
1973
- Pedro
goes
to
summer
school,
passes
English,
goes
to
college.
2006
- Pedro's
cause
is
taken
up by
state
Democratic
Party.
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
can't
speak
English.
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Scenario:
Johnny
takes
leftover
firecrackers
from
the
4th
of
July,
puts
them
in a
model
airplane
paint
bottle,
blows
up a
red
ant
bed.
1973
- Ants
die.
2006
- 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.
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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.
1973
- In
a
short
time
Johnny
feels
better
and
goes
on
playing.
2006
- Mary
is
accused
of
being
a
sexual
predator
and
loses
her
job.
She
faces
3
years
in
State
Prison.
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