Comments on: High School – 1957 Vs. 2009 http://ohrheally.com/2010/02/05/high-school-1957-vs-2009/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryan http://ohrheally.com/2010/02/05/high-school-1957-vs-2009/#comment-12308 Ryan Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:13:23 +0000 http://mommy23monkeys.com/?p=4194#comment-12308 Scenario 9: Johnny is a ten-year-old black boy seeking an education. 1957: In an attempt to attend school Johnny is arrested. Segregation is in full force. He has a criminal record. He falls into a life on drugs and crime. 2010: Johnny attends school, watches president Obama get elected, and sees Michael Steele head up the GOP. Johnny works hard, gets good grades, goes on to college so he can lead a life of service to his country. Scenario 10: Sally is sexually abused by her father. 1957: Sally is too scared to tell anyone, even if she did they wouldn't believe her, she would be told the received wisdom is that such things simply do not happen and if they do it is best not to talk about them. 2010: Sally is helped by a social worker who takes her into care, before relocating her to a stable member of her extended family. Sally's father is arrested. Scenario 9: Johnny is a ten-year-old black boy seeking an education.

1957: In an attempt to attend school Johnny is arrested. Segregation
is in full force. He has a criminal record. He falls into a life on
drugs and crime.

2010: Johnny attends school, watches president Obama get elected, and
sees Michael Steele head up the GOP. Johnny works hard, gets good
grades, goes on to college so he can lead a life of service to his
country.

Scenario 10: Sally is sexually abused by her father.

1957: Sally is too scared to tell anyone, even if she did they wouldn’t
believe her, she would be told the received wisdom is that such things
simply do not happen and if they do it is best not to talk about them.

2010: Sally is helped by a social worker who takes her into care,
before relocating her to a stable member of her extended family.
Sally’s father is arrested.

]]> By: lorrie http://ohrheally.com/2010/02/05/high-school-1957-vs-2009/#comment-12307 lorrie Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:50:37 +0000 http://mommy23monkeys.com/?p=4194#comment-12307 wow things really have changed i remember we had a few bomb threats that cleared up in ghigh school and one kid got in trouble for bringing a shotgun to school but thats about it and I went to school in the 80s and 90s wow things really have changed i remember we had a few bomb threats that cleared up in ghigh school and one kid got in trouble for bringing a shotgun to school but thats about it and I went to school in the 80s and 90s

]]> By: Lisa@GardenofMany http://ohrheally.com/2010/02/05/high-school-1957-vs-2009/#comment-12306 Lisa@GardenofMany Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:53:30 +0000 http://mommy23monkeys.com/?p=4194#comment-12306 Wow , so so true. Amazing how things change in really such a short time. Just shows what this world is coming too Wow , so so true. Amazing how things change in really such a short time. Just shows what this world is coming too

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